FBI says man was planning a mass shooting at Army site in suburban Detroit

DETROIT AP A -year-old man was arrested after spending months planning an attack against a U S Army site in suburban Detroit on behalf of the Islamic State group officials revealed Wednesday Ammar Stated was planning to have another person commit a mass shooting at the Army s Tank-Automotive Armaments Command in Warren but he didn t know that two supposed allies were undercover FBI employees keeping track of every step the governing body explained Investigators recorded audio and video images of their meetings with Mentioned including handwritten diagrams of the site which is known as TACOM and the Detroit Arsenal Stated a latest member of the Michigan Army National Guard was arrested Tuesday shortly after launching a drone for a final look before an attack the FBI mentioned in a court filing Helping ISIS or any other terrorist organization prepare or carry out acts of violence is not only a reprehensible crime it is a threat to our entire nation and way of life U S Attorney Jerome Gorgon Jr declared The FBI revealed Declared planned to send one of the undercover agents into TACOM with Molotov cocktails and assault-style weapons The other undercover operative explained Explained that he would be on the first plane to Syria after an attack That makes two of us Explained responded according to the FBI Noted a Detroit-area resident appeared in court Wednesday on charges of attempting to provide material encouragement to a terrorist organization and distributing information related to a destructive device He agreed to remain in custody without bond Senad Ramovic a lawyer who represented Reported during the brief appearance declined to comment TACOM employs thousands of people and manages the Army s ground equipment supply chain It says it is the only active-duty Army installation in Michigan Disclosed was under analysis about a year ago when he informed an undercover FBI employee about a longstanding desire to engage in violent jihad or war either overseas or in the U S the FBI stated Officers last July performed a secret search of his phone which he had turned over to National Guard personnel before boarding a military aircraft The FBI commented it located references to jihad and images of Islamic State flags