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Denver: Muslim carrying “Islamic writings” shoots and kills transit security officer, investigators baffled

Feb 1, 2017 7:36 pm By Robert Spencer

“I seek refuge in the one God from the evils of Satan, and I begin in the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful…Wake up people. America is a failed state. It’s about to get so real.”

And it has, at least for Joshua Cummings. But “Tuesday night’s shooting baffled investigators.” Because, you know, it’s a religion of peace that rejects all forms of violence, and no Muslim entities anywhere have called for the deaths of Americans, right?

And if he was kicked out of his mosque in Texas, did they report him to authorities? Why not?

“Suspect in downtown shooting was kicked out of Texas mosque,” by Kevin Vaughan and Allison Sylte, KUSA, February 1, 2017 (thanks to V.):

A man suspected of shooting and killing an armed RTD transit security officer late Tuesday night was a former serviceman who was kicked out of a mosque in Texas, 9Wants to Know has learned.

The man, identified by Denver police as 37-year-old Joshua Cummings, had Islamic writings in his possession when he was arrested, according to sources with knowledge of the investigation.

Cummings was being held without bail on suspicion of first-degree murder. He is scheduled to appear in court Thursday afternoon.

In social media postings, Cummings identified himself as a jiu-jitsu instructor. He was active on Twitter in 2016.

“I seek refuge in the one God from the evils of Satan, and I begin in the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the …” he wrote in June 25, 2016.

“Wake up people. America is a failed state. It’s about to get so real. …” he posted on June 26, 2016.

And in a July 2, 2016, tweet, he called for a “former cop” in Arizona to be “put to death for treason”

Each of the posts had a link to a Facebook page that has been taken down, so it is not clear what the tweets referred to.

Tuesday night’s shooting baffled investigators.

The Denver medical examiner’s office identified the victim as Scott Von Lanken, 56, of Loveland.

Von Lanken was a contract worker for RTD from Allied Universal. According to Denver police, he was 56 years old and had a family.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by 9NEWS, two women approached Von Lanken just after 11 p.m. Tuesday to ask him whether they might be able to catch a light rail train. Just then, one of the women told police “she observed the suspect approach the victim from behind a place a gun near his neck.” The woman said “she heard the suspect say something to the effect of, ‘Do what you are told.’”

A moment later, the gunman fired, then ran off as the mortally wounded security officer crumpled to the ground.

Responding officers were searching the area when a security officer at a building at 1400 Wewatta St. told them there was surveillance video of the suspect leaving the area. After watching the video, the officers continued their search, locating the man about 11:50 p.m. on a patio of a complex at 1628 14th St….

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  1. gravenimage says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 7:55 pm

    Denver: Muslim carrying “Islamic writings” shoots and kills transit security officer, investigators baffled
    ………………….

    The poor victim and his family. This Muslim killed on the basis of Islam.

    • no_one says

      Feb 1, 2017 at 9:00 pm

      Same here. Poor family guy and his folks.

    • PRCS says

      Feb 1, 2017 at 9:48 pm

      Marshmallow roast at Berkeley tonight.

    • Mark Swan says

      Feb 1, 2017 at 10:43 pm

      In the President’s executive order titled Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist
      Entry Into the United States, the Sec. 10. Transparency and Data Collection portion
      should be a means of getting the facts out, in the open, to the public.

      All Followers of Islam using violence must be made known to the public—the last administration
      clearly made sure every single case would be filtered and presented as anything but a follower
      of Islam where ever possible. We can not allow the public to be desensitized any longer by the
      placatory approach that has given Islam such a head start in infesting civilized society.

    • A Harris USA says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 11:52 am

      graven, yep they are baffled!!! Of course, what in the world would make this Islamic convert savage do such a thing??? I only can say, read their book, and when your done with that fine read, investigate the mosque that preaches this garbage…………When your done with that, deport the religion, and their followers to a ME nation that LOVES that book, mosque, and let them kill each other a million times over. As long as we allow this crap to grow in the USA, we will have this over and over.. BTW, hardly covered by the MSM, just not juicy enough, such as President Trump demanding keeping these savages be kept off our streets, now that is JUICEY !!!

      • Pete Dixon says

        Feb 2, 2017 at 4:08 pm

        We have a leader and President now. I think he will work wonders FOR America soon. If it keeps up I think Americans have no choice but to thin the herd down to what the Constitution will handle; at this point, that would be zero. Round them up, move them out, send them to the slaughter house. 100%. All of islam. Vet out the Chrisians, let them settle here.

  2. Keith Gilbert says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 8:16 pm

    Move along citizen, nothing to see here, nothing unusual has happened! Indeed, it is so true for all of islam.

  3. Berengaria says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 8:16 pm

    Very little news will be reported, Denver must be quiet about the Bloody Islamic Cult. Mr. Cummings appears to be a convert, but I bet this will never be attributed to the Islamist Cult.

    • Dennis says

      Feb 1, 2017 at 11:44 pm

      He came here from Texas.

      • Daniel Sebold says

        Feb 2, 2017 at 6:52 am

        Yes, Davy Crocket was really a Muslim. The Alamo was inspired by Egyptian mosque architecture. One of these statements is false.

    • boakai ngombu says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 6:45 am

      FOX&FRIENDS bottom half of first hour … no mention of the SHARIA motive, so the allah god of islam (unknowable; the best of all deceivers) still roams unnoticed

    • Susette says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 9:12 am

      Read the Denver Post. They use Islam in the headline.

      • A Harris USA says

        Feb 2, 2017 at 11:55 am

        Susette, the writer will soon be fired!!! How dare he put that in the paper!!

  4. Diane Harvey says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 8:38 pm

    While the investigation continues, one thing is certain. This had nothing to do with Islam.

    • Ned Kelly says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 2:38 am

      Ive recently started reading the KORAN + it DOES order Muslims to kill non Muslims, repeatedly on most pages, sad to say. Educate yourself before you condem those trying to protect us, from this evil cult.

  5. Robeaver says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 10:14 pm

    Just insane as usual.or poverty. Lack of opportunity in life. Or his hang nail.

    • harbidoll says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 3:19 am

      Satan (Isl—man) gives sickos permission & reasons to “act out).

  6. Arthur says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    Boy, this is going to be a tricky one for the PC media. Not race related, not oppressed minority, not excused by refugee status, provocation just not to be found, not unemployed or disgruntled employee, not robbery, no woman, no anti-homosexual angst, …. The only options left would seem to be,
    a) shooter was mentally ill because of military service
    b) Donald Trump is president
    c) all of the above

    • Ned Kelly says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 2:39 am

      Ive recently started reading the KORAN + it DOES order Muslims to kill non Muslims, repeatedly on most pages, sad to say. Educate yourself before you condem those trying to protect us, from this evil cult.

    • Guest says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 5:46 pm

      “Not race related”

      Yup, he’s white as can be. They’re going to have to re-think their ‘islam criticism is racist’ idea at some stage.

  7. Buford says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 12:18 am

    How come this Creep is not being charged with a Hate Crime in addition to Murder?

    • Ray Sears says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 12:32 pm

      Why? . . Because 1) He killed a WHITE Person, 2) The shooter was a muslim convert following islamic teachings and on a jihad, 3) He killed a White Person, 4) The shooter was a muslim convert following islamic teachings and on a jihad, 5) Return to # 1 and repeat

  8. citycat says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 2:06 am

    “wake up people”
    Good advice for all ostrich infidels.
    Kicked out of the mosque?
    Like the Lionbird is kicked out of the nest?

  9. Ned Kelly says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 2:40 am

    Ive recently started reading the KORAN + it DOES order Muslims to kill non Muslims, repeatedly on most pages, sad to say. Educate yourself before you condem those trying to protect us, from this evil cult.

    • God Almighty says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 3:50 am

      There are no less than 109 verses in the Qur’an instructing in all manner of ways to kill the infidel.

  10. jennifer says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 3:33 am

    The so called Yasir Gadhi calling for Jihad

    https://youtu.be/IIImki-Fxno

  11. God Almighty says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 3:49 am

    Time the combined world did the only thing it can do and stop talking and start plugging.

  12. FYI says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 4:44 am

    In reality he sought refuge in the false god,the facilitator of satan as an excuse to do evil.

  13. More Ham Ed says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 5:44 am

    The muslim dude stands at the edge of a lake of fire.
    “Oh, your name is not ‘allah’ ? — you didn’t say ‘kill the infidels’ ? OOPS”
    He’s then thrown into an eternal lake of fire.

  14. Florida Jim says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 9:11 am

    Muslims should convert from Islam or be deported.Anyone following Islam demands the creation of a Caliphate, followed by Sharia law, Jihad to gain paradise andTaqiyya ,, where lying is used to defend and revise the koran as needed and finally the muslims will begin beheading those infidels whom they meet friends or not.There is no safety anywhere as long as muslims roam the earth it always ends in the cycle above.

  15. mortimer says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 9:34 am

    Religion of peace? Is that what they think? How about reading the Koran’s 164 Jihad Verses: K 002:178-179, 190-191, 193-194, 216-218, 244; 003:121-126, 140-143, 146, 152-158, 165-167,169, 172-173, 195; 004:071-072, 074-077, 084, 089-091, 094-095,100-104; 005:033, 035, 082; 008:001, 005, 007, 009-010, 012, 015-017, 039-048,057-060, 065-075; 009:005, 012-014, 016, 019-020, 024-026, 029,036, 038-039, 041, 044, 052, 073, 081, 083,086, 088, 092, 111, 120, 122-123; 016:110; 022:039, 058, 078; 024:053, 055; 025:052; 029:006, 069; 033:015, 018, 020, 023, 025-027, 050; 042:039; 047:004, 020, 035; 048:015-024; 049:015; 059:002, 005-008, 014; 060:009; 061:004, 011, 013; 063:004; 064:014; 066:009; 073:020; 076:008

  16. mortimer says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 9:38 am

    Joshua Cummings understands that JIHAD is a duty incumbent on all Muslims and he has enlisted in ‘Allah’s cause’, trading his life for guaranteed admission to orgiastic, drunken paradise of Allah.

    Joshua Cummings understands that JIHAD is the ‘struggle’ to remove the human rights and civil liberties from women and dirty kafirs who don’t deserve to live and who deserve to be ‘humiliated’ wherever Muslims have the upper hand.

  17. Angemon says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 10:25 am

    In social media postings, Cummings identified himself as a jiu-jitsu instructor. He was active on Twitter in 2016.

    “I seek refuge in the one God from the evils of Satan, and I begin in the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the …” he wrote in June 25, 2016.

    “Wake up people. America is a failed state. It’s about to get so real. …” he posted on June 26, 2016.

    And in a July 2, 2016, tweet, he called for a “former cop” in Arizona to be “put to death for treason”

    How much media presence will this get in comparison with the mosque shooter in Canada?

  18. Hummer says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 11:42 am

    The police need to be educated obviously and most likely will happen under the current President Trump administration. We need to send as many leftists as we can to the ME one way so they can be educated first hand since they are so wise and politically correct.

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