Post by libby on Jan 26, 2016 22:01:55 GMT -6
(CNN)A 23-year-old Milwaukee resident charged with illegally possessing machine guns had planned a massacre at a Masonic temple in the city, federal officials said Tuesday.
Samy Mohamed Hamzeh was arrested Monday after buying two automatic weapons and a silencer from undercover agents, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin said in a statement.
The investigation thwarted an attack "that could have resulted in significant injury and/or loss of life," FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Shields said in the statement announcing the arrest.
It was not immediately clear whether Hamzeh has retained legal representation.
Read more: www.cnn.com/2016/01/26/us/milwaukee-masonic-temple-mass-shooting-planned-charges/
Samy Mohamed Hamzeh was arrested Monday after buying two automatic weapons and a silencer from undercover agents, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin said in a statement.
The investigation thwarted an attack "that could have resulted in significant injury and/or loss of life," FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Shields said in the statement announcing the arrest.
It was not immediately clear whether Hamzeh has retained legal representation.
Read more: www.cnn.com/2016/01/26/us/milwaukee-masonic-temple-mass-shooting-planned-charges/