US authorities have arrested Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed, a former member of the Michigan Army National Guard, after he allegedly attempted to carry out a plan to conduct a mass shooting at a US military base in Warren, Michigan.
It is claimed that the suspect intended to carry out this attack on behalf of the Daesh, also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, 19, is reportedly a resident of Melvindale City.
According to the complaint, Said informed two undercover law enforcement officers of a plan he had devised and formulated to conduct a mass-shooting at the US Army’s Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM) facility at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Michigan.
In April 2025, the two undercover officers indicated they intended to carry out Said’s plan at the direction of Daesh. In response, Said provided material assistance to the attack plan, including providing armor-piercing ammunition and magazines for the attack, flying his drone over TACOM to conduct operational reconnaissance, training the undercover employees on firearms and the construction of Molotov cocktails for use during the attack, and planning numerous details of the attack including how to enter TACOM and which building to target.
On May 13 – the scheduled day of the attack – Said was arrested after he travelled to an area near TACOM and launched his drone in support of the attack plan. He will make his initial court appearance later today in the Eastern District of Michigan.
According to the Justice Department (DoJ) of the United States of America, he is charged in a criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation and distributing information related to a destructive device.
“This defendant is charged with planning a deadly attack on a US military base here at home for ISIS,” said Sue J Bai, head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division.
“ISIS is a brutal terrorist organisation that seeks to kill Americans. Helping ISIS or any other terrorist organisation 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,” said US Attorney Jerome F Gorgon Jr for the Eastern District of Michigan. “Our office will not tolerate such crimes or threats, and we will use the full weight of the law against anyone who engages in terrorism.”
