"I planned to buy a semi-automatic rifle on June 20 at a local gun show so I could carry out my murderous plan" Justin Nojan Sullivan Reveals
Justin Nojan Sullivan, a self-described Muslim convert from Morganton,
North Carolina, was arrested and faces several charges, including attempting to
provide material support to the Islamic State group.
Federal authorities were first made aware of the teen's alleged plot
when his father, Richie Sullivan, told emergency dispatchers on April 21 that
his son was destroying religious items in their home.
I don't know if it is ISIS or what, but he is destroying Buddhas and
figurines and stuff,' Mr Sullivan, a former Marine, said, according to the
criminal complaint filed on Monday. 'I mean, we are scared to leave the house.'
In the background of the call, his son was heard asking: 'Why are you
trying to say I am a terrorist?'
When an undercover FBI employee made contact with Sullivan on June 6,
the teen told him via email that he was a Muslim convert, according to court
documents.
I liked ISIS from the beginning then I started thinking about death and
stuff so I became Muslim,' he said, according to the complaint.
Two days later, he said he wanted to kill 500 people but the next day
said he wanted to kill 1,000 by using biological weapons, a gas bomb and
bullets coated with cyanide.
'Even if we get someone in the arm they'll still die because of the
poison,' he allegedly said. 'It's vengeance.'
He also told the undercover federal worker that he planned to buy a
semi-automatic rifle on June 20 at a local gun show so he could carry out his
murderous plan, according to the criminal complaint.
'Our attacks need to be as big as possible,' he allegedly said. 'We can
do minor assassinations before the big attack for training.'
At first he told the FBI that he didn't mean to go through with his
plans, but then he said he planned the attacks between June 21 and June 23
because his parents would be out of town.
He claimed that he had looked for possible targets in the online Yellow
Pages and had asked the undercover agent to kill his parents.
He also asked for the undercover worker's help with obtaining a
silencer.
Sullivan also allegedly promised to send the agent money to kill his
parents and to recruit others to the 'Islamic State of America.'
Authorities went to his home on Friday and took him into custody without
incident. At his home, they found a silencer, according to the court papers.
Sullivan 'was planning assassinations and violent attacks in the United
States,' said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin.
We are scared to leave the house, Justin Sullivan's father during
call to dispatchers in April.
He is charged with supporting a terrorist organization and weapons
charges. If convicted, he could get up to 40 years in prison and a $500,000
fine.
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