Man under surveillance by terror investigators is killed

[lostinblue 1,989]

Man under surveillance by terror investigators is killed

BOSTON — A man under surveillance by terrorism investigators was shot and killed outside a pharmacy Tuesday after he lunged with a knife at a city police officer and an FBI agent, police Commissioner William Evans said.

The man refused orders by the members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force to drop his military-style knife before the officer and agent both opened fire, Evans said.

"The officers asked him several times to put the knife down," said Evans, who did not disclose why the man was under surveillance.

Police did not immediately identify the man, but a spokesman for the Council of American-Islamic Relations identified him as Usaama Rahim of Boston. CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said he spoke with Rahim's brother, Ibrahim Rahim, who confirmed his brother had been killed after a confrontation with police.

In a Facebook posting Tuesday, Ibrahim Rahim asked for prayers and said his brother was killed while waiting at a bus stop in Boston to go to his job.

"He was confronted by three Boston Police officers and subsequently shot in the back three times," he wrote. "He was on his cell phone with my dear father during the confrontation needing a witness."

He said his father heard the shots.

Hooper said Ibrahim Rahim is an imam at a mosque in the San Francisco area.

The man, who police said is in his mid-20s, had been under surveillance and confronted the investigators after they identified themselves as law enforcement and asked him to stop and talk outside a CVS pharmacy in the city's Roslindale neighborhood at about 7 a.m. The man was on foot.

He was taken to a hospital, where he died.

The officer and agent did "what they are trained to do," Evans said.

Evans was slated to meet Tuesday afternoon with the FBI. Police are holding a news conference Tuesday afternoon.

On Tuesday afternoon, authorities raided a home in Everett in connection with the case.

"It's all part of a very active Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation," said Boston police spokesman Lt. Michael McCarthy. Further details weren't immediately available.

The officer and the agent were evaluated at a hospital for what Evans described as "stress," though they were not physically injured.

A message was left with the FBI's Boston office.

Police did not immediately identify the man, but a spokesman for the Council of American-Islamic Relations

identified him as Usaama Rahim of Boston..... Brother of Ibrahim Rahim who is an imam at a mosque in the San Francisco area

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/man-under-surveillance-by-terror-investigators-is-killed/ar-BBkAoyJ

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Panic!!!

[GandD 5,966]

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[lostinblue 1,989]

Usaama Rahim

[Golden Gate 530]

Usaama Rahim

That's not even a picture of the person. That is a picture of his brother.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

That's not even a picture of the person. That is a picture of his brother.

Wow. So this is his brother? Thanks for the clarification....

[Boiler 43,425]

Wow. So this is his brother? Thanks for the clarification....

Twin brother?

[Golden Gate 530]

Why would it have to be a twin? Two seconds to google the image to find it is of the brother, not the person shot. Simply because the brother is on social media.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Why would it have to be a twin? Two seconds to google the image to find it is of the brother, not the person shot. Simply because the brother is on social media.

Perhaps you could post the correct photo

[Golden Gate 530]

Perhaps you could post the correct photo

There doesn't seem to be any posted on the internet.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Perhaps you could post the correct photo

Perhaps you could try and post something factual or accurate for a change?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Perhaps you could try and post something factual or accurate for a change?

Careful, your comment might get deleted.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Careful, your comment might get deleted.

Why? He posted garbage. Again. Am I not allowed to point that out?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Why? He posted garbage. Again. Am I not allowed to point that out?

Didn't some of your posts get deleted earlier today? And Marvin's too?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Didn't some of your posts get deleted earlier today? And Marvin's too?

It would appear that someone got his little feelings hurt and went whining to the mods. Glocks don't seem to help all that much after all...