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 personnel noted Wednesday Ammar Commented 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 regime disclosed Investigators recorded audio and video images of their meetings with Declared including handwritten diagrams of the site which is known as TACOM and the Detroit Arsenal Mentioned a newest member of the Michigan Army National Guard was arrested Tuesday shortly after launching a drone for a final look before an attack the FBI declared 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 noted The FBI reported Revealed planned to send one of the undercover agents into TACOM with Molotov cocktails and assault-style weapons The other undercover operative reported Mentioned that he would be on the first plane to Syria after an attack That makes two of us Announced responded according to the FBI Revealed a Detroit-area resident appeared in court Wednesday on charges of attempting to provide material backing 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 Mentioned 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 Mentioned was under review about a year ago when he explained an undercover FBI employee about a longstanding desire to engage in violent jihad or war either overseas or in the U S the FBI declared Leadership 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 explained it ascertained references to jihad and images of Islamic State flags