“Marsico declined to comment on if Friday’s shootings were an act of terrorism, saying the motive was still under investigation. ‘Obviously, we don’t want people to run wild in speculation,’ he said.”
Obviously! Because if they do, they might remember this thing called the global jihad, which authorities such as Ed Marisco seem determined to ignore, downplay, and deny outright.
“Harrisburg shooting spree suspect named, ‘directly’ targeted police and chased trooper: DA,” by Travis Kellar, PennLive, December 23, 2017:
Hours after three shootings resulted in a trooper shot and the suspect killed, police have released additional details about the shooter.
Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico identified the shooter as 51-year-old Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty at a news conference late Friday night.
Though details about El-Mofty are being unraveled by investigators, Marsico said it “certainly appears that there’s no doubt” he was targeting police officers.
Marsico said El-Mofty initially fired “several shots” at a police car belonging to a Capitol City police officer at 4:10 p.m. in the area of 3rd and Walnut streets. One shot came “very close” to hitting the officer, but the officer was able to escape uninjured.
El-Mofty then fired several shots at a Pennsylvania State Police trooper about 30 minutes after the initial shooting.
“She was struck by one of those shots, but is doing well,” Marsico said, adding the trooper is expected to make a full recovery.
Marsico added the trooper was chased by El-Mofty to the Allison Hill section of the city to the area of 17th and Mulberry Streets, where he opened fire at officers with two handguns.
Officers returned fire, shooting and killing El-Mofty. A device was found next to El-Mofty, but Marsico said it ended up being “of no import.”
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has joined the investigation. Marsico said EL-Mofty has ties to the East and West shore. El-Mofty also has ties to the Middle East, and traveled there recently, according to Marsico.
Marsico declined to comment on if Friday’s shootings were an act of terrorism, saying the motive was still under investigation.
“Obviously, we don’t want people to run wild in speculation,” he said.
Marsico also declined to say whether or not El-Mofty was known to officers prior to Friday’s shootings….
Jaladhi says
Oh sure, he will find him mentally unbalanced or a drug user and the terror case is closed!
Januk36 says
What will be the consequence for ignoring the warning ?
lebel says
I say we just do away with investigations and just label everything bad involving middle easterners terrorism.
gravenimage says
The egregious lebel wrote:
I say we just do away with investigations and just label everything bad involving middle easterners terrorism.
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Talk about projection! This is exactly what lebel wants–just that none of these attacks could ever be revealed as Jihad.
Of course, Anti-Jihadists want all of these cases properly investigated–both in the interests of justice–something lebel would have no concept of–and to see the extent of the threat we do; and do not; face from Islam.
lebel says
Right and if the investigation shows no link to Islam we’ll rely on some media coverup a la Las Vegas, right GI? it’s a win-win
Philip Copson says
Isn’t the idea of being a police officer to draw your gun and fire back at an attacker to defend your fellow citizens? Was there really no parked car / street corner etc to give cover for the few seconds it would have taken to draw a gun ? What was all the running away about ?
Bill says
Pennsylvania has a left Democrat Governor and even more left AG. Do not expect them to tell you anything except as scripted by leftist Jihad deniers. I do expect them to issue an “Islamophobia” Watch, with all proper respect and obedience given to the Religion of Peace..
Wellington says
Fortunately, both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature are controlled by the Republicans and since the only sense that comes about Islam from politicians in America comes from the Republicans (in short, virtually all Democratic politicians remain willfully ignorant of Islam and many Republicans politicians do but thankfully not all) some hope remains that the PA legislature will not let stand a whitewashed report of this incident by Governor Wolf (a real leftie who is quite rich and quite beholden to the teacher unions) or the AG. Don’t forget it was Pennsylvania that put Trump over the top in the Electoral College and the vast majority of the state is conservative (Trump won 56 of the 67 counties). Were the city of Philadelphia (which is also one of the 67 counties) not in PA the Commonwealth would be a very red state.
gravenimage says
Thanks for the information, Wellington. I hope this will be properly investigated and the findings released to the public.
gravenimage says
And Wellington, please keep us updated if there is more information and this story is not followed up on by Jihad Watch more formally.
Peter says
Warns against “speculation,” as in Philadelphia? Maybe what this means is: don’t connect the dots…to Islam. But the dots, more often than not, do connect, at least for those who can still think for themselves and don’t swallow PC spoon-fed BS, disinformation and misinformation.
infidel numero uno says
Hey, Marisco, one does not have to be a Rhodes scholar in order to recognize a mooselime terrorist attack. You need to pursue another line of work.
utis says
If it is jihad, don’t forget to write a thank-you note to Obama for suppressing information about the world jihad plus letting in more of these loons than we already have during his reign.
gravenimage says
Pennsylvania DA says motive of Muslim who shot cop is under investigation, warns against “speculation”
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I’m just glad the officers survived, and that the assailant did not.
But none of us filthy Infidels should speculate that multiple entirely unprovoked attacks on police officers and state troopers by a Muslims could *possibly* be Jihad. Good grief…
Timothy says
Marsico is probably worried about being called an Islamophobe.
tgusa says
“Obviously, we don’t want people to run wild in speculation”
Now get the hell out of my way, I am busy running wild in denial!
What should people do when lawyers, judges and the courts become a big part of the problem?
LeftisruiningCanada says
“we don’t want people to run wild in speculation”
Of course not. There is no need to speculate in this case.
It was a muslim engaging in jihad for the sake of allah, stirred to action by something or other which the ummah have taken offence at, perhaps simply the existence of unbelievers.
tgusa says
It is obvious that the stiff has lost his mind, no, not the dead guy, the district attorney.
stephen burgess says
IT WOULD BE SAD TO THINK HIS FAMILY EVER THOUGHT THIS NICE PEACE LOVING HARD WORKING MAN AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY COULD WAKE UP MENTALLY ILL,POOR SOLE. THE LOCAL COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE A COLLECTION FOR THIS POOR MANS FAMILY. MR TRUMP SHOULD HELP THESE POOR MISGUIDED UNHAPPY SHOWER OF SHIT GET BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND ON MILITARY PLANES SO THEY CAN BE FOREVER HAPPY WITH LIKEMINDED PEOPLE.EXPORT ALL THE LEFT WING FOOLS WITH THEM AS WELL. WE WILL BE GLAD TO TAKE THEM IN THE UK,WE LOVE THEM HERE AND CANT GET ENOUGH OF THEM. AT LEAST YOU HAVE DONALD TRUMP,THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB. PLEASE SEND ALL THE CRAP YOU DONT WANT.
Carolyne says
Can’t say if they were aware of him? That means they were. I am tired of police and other officials lying after these attacks. Of course they know who he was and of course they know the motive. So do we all. Do they really think they can conceal these Muslim attacks and call them something else? The American public is not as stupid as they think or as they are.
underbed cat says
The police are always the target of jihadist when an invasions occurs, because the police protect the civilians and jihadist go after civilians and the people who protect them. It happens when there are support organizations who deny the goals to bring terror to get countries to submit to sharia law found in the Quran and taught at the mosques. They have preplanned established organizations with men who wear suits that use perfectly crafted misinformation campaigns to deny….which has been caught on film. There is a connection.
Screeminmeeme says
All it takes to become a terrorist is to own a Quran, believe it, and possess the will to obey its commands to kill. There is no nexus to ISIS or any other terrorist group necessary before the /shooter bomber/stabber/vehicular jihadist can be named a ‘terrorist’. The appellation is appropriate for anyone who is Quran-compliant.
Rey Ybarra says
Sounds about right. The Pennsylvania DA aka Pennsylvania DUMB ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lonny says
He was a good guy and a misunderstander of “the religion of peace”.