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Shooter Inspired By Terrorists

According to the FBI, Imran Ali Rasheed was probably “inspired by terrorists” when he shot up the police station in Plano, Texas on Sunday. They don’t “think” he had help but the feds and local police are beating the bushes real hard to find out. They aren’t saying much about the note they found.

Terrorists in Texas

Considering that Joe Biden just handed over control of Afghanistan to the Taliban and also that we have an important anniversary approaching, it’s a little disconcerting to know that 32-year-old martyr Imran Ali Rasheed was “potentially inspired by terrorists.”

Especially when law enforcement won’t say which ones. On Monday afternoon, August 30, officials from the FBI, Garland PD and Plano PD announced the “stunning development.”

On Sunday, Rasheed set up a Lyft pickup in Garland, Texas, where he resides. Driver Isabella Ann Lewis, age 26 and also a resident of Garland picked him up. Investigators believe, at least for now, that “she was chosen at random and did not know Rasheed.” She didn’t know he was linked to terrorists.

His neighbors didn’t know either but they did have some suspicions. “I’ve never seen that family at all since I’ve been here, and I’ve been going on two years,” neighbor Zavorski Martin relates. “The blinds stay closed. The lights stay off, basically even at night.”

Just before noon, “Rasheed shot Lewis in her own car on the 400 block of Forest Gate Drive in Garland.” Without taking time to think about it, he “pulled her body out of her car and drove away.” Business owner Dean D’Ambroaia saw the whole thing on his security monitor and wishes he hadn’t.

“You see this stuff on TV all the time,” he said. “And it wasn’t until afterwards that I realized that wasn’t TV. It was happening in the back of our building.” He was even more shocked to learn that terrorists are infesting Texas.

Police return fire

Once behind the wheel of the car he stole from Lewis, he headed straight for Plano police headquarters. Inspired by terrorists or not, nobody seems to know why. Acting “erratically,” he entered the building to the lobby and opened fire at the employees inside with a semi-automatic pistol.

“Two Plano police officers responded upon hearing the gunshots and returned fire, striking Rasheed at least three times. He later died.” According to Chief Ed Drain, they “have no idea why he came to Plano.”

As soon as they started tearing apart the stolen car for evidence, police discovered a note “that appeared to be from Rasheed indicating some of his motivations may have been inspired by” a group of terrorists.

Even so, there is “no indication that he was working with others or that he was in contact with others who may be planning similar activity.” As noted by Special Agent-in-Charge of the Dallas FBI field office Matthew DeSarno, they’re looking into it real hard though. “We’re early in the investigation, and that’s a priority investigation for us to determine.”

One of the reasons they may not be talking about the note is that Rasheed could turn out to be a follower of Q-Anon. That piece of information would turn out to be really embarrassing for the FBI because it could indicate they were “grooming” him. He was already on the radar.

“Rasheed was the subject of an investigation back in 2010-2013, but that investigation concluded there did not pose a threat.” That doesn’t mean that the FBI didn’t stay in touch with him. They allegedly have a whole stable full of unstable radicals they can count on to act like terrorists when they need to produce a few.

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