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 officers announced Wednesday Ammar Noted 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 ruling body noted Investigators recorded audio and video images of their meetings with Disclosed including handwritten diagrams of the site which is known as TACOM and the Detroit Arsenal Disclosed a fresh member of the Michigan Army National Guard was arrested Tuesday shortly after launching a drone for a final look before an attack the FBI reported 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 mentioned The FBI disclosed Disclosed planned to send one of the undercover agents into TACOM with Molotov cocktails and assault-style weapons The other undercover operative notified Commented that he would be on the first plane to Syria after an attack That makes two of us Revealed responded according to the FBI Commented a Detroit-area resident appeared in court Wednesday on charges of attempting to provide material advocacy 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 Announced 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 Declared was under inspection about a year ago when he reported 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 Officials 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 stated it revealed references to jihad and images of Islamic State flags