'Terror attack': 'Illegal' alien captured after allegedly setting pro-Israel demonstrators ablaze in Boulder, Colorado



An immigrant, motivated by anti-Semitic beliefs, has been accused of brutally attacking a peaceful pro-Israel group advocating for hostages held captive by Hamas.

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old Egyptian national in the United States despite reportedly overstaying his visa, is suspected of attacking a group of individuals participating in a walk in Boulder, Colorado.

'This act of terror is being investigated as an act of ideologically motivated violence based on the early information, the evidence, and witness accounts.'

The attack targeted the “Run for Their Lives” group, a grassroots organization that gathered on Pearl Street on Sunday evening to support the release of the hostages captured by the terrorist group in October 2023. According to the FBI, the group chapter gathers weekly.

Video footage of the attack allegedly showed a shirtless Soliman yelling at the group while holding two apparent Molotov cocktails, with a small patch of grass burning at his feet.

During the attack, Soliman allegedly yelled, “Free Palestine!”

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A second video showed a lone police officer handcuffing Soliman. Moments later, another officer arrived to assist with the arrest.

As the arrest was taking place, bystanders filled containers with water from a nearby fountain to soothe victims’ burn wounds, according to a video shared on social media.

The individual who uploaded the videos to social media stated that in addition to Molotov cocktails, the suspect used a gardening tool to “light[] people on fire with gasoline,” burning “about 6 people.”

Mark Michalek, the special agent in charge of FBI Denver, described the device as “a makeshift flamethrower.”

CNN reported that eight people, from 52 to 88 years old, were injured in the attack, including a Holocaust survivor. Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn described one of the victims as “very seriously injured.”

Authorities have not reported any fatalities.

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The FBI stated that it is investigating the attack as “a targeted act of terrorism.”

FBI Director Kash Patel wrote in a post on X, “We are aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado. Our agents and local law enforcement are on the scene already, and we will share updates as more information becomes available.”

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino stated, “This act of terror is being investigated as an act of ideologically motivated violence based on the early information, the evidence, and witness accounts.”

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Soliman was detained on Sunday evening and remains in custody at the Boulder County Jail on a $10 million bond, according to Fox News. Soliman reportedly faces numerous charges, including first-degree murder, crimes against at-risk adults/elderly, assault, and use of explosives or incendiary devices during a felony.

As of Monday morning, jail records stated Soliman was charged with “murder in the 1st degree” despite no reported fatalities.

The police department confirmed in a Monday post on social media that “no victims have died.”

When contacted for clarification, the department stated he was charged with “attempted murder.”

Dionne Waugh, the department’s public information officer, who included pronouns in her email signature linked to a resource on "personal pronouns," told Blaze News, “Please read the code section. It’s attempted murder.”

Soliman's first court appearance is scheduled for Monday afternoon.

The Department of Homeland Security reported that Soliman was illegally in the U.S.

Assistant secretary for public affairs Tricia McLaughlin stated that he lawfully entered the country in August 2022 on a B-2 visa but illegally remained in the U.S. after the visa expired in February 2023. She noted that he filed for asylum in September 2022.

The DHS confirmed to Blaze News that Soliman "is illegally in our country."

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Radical teen who lived with corpses of slain parents allegedly plotted to assassinate Trump, flee to Ukraine: FBI



Local authorities received a call on Feb. 28 requesting a welfare check on a family in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, after 17-year-old Nikita Casap failed to turn up to high school for two weeks. The Waukesha County Sheriff's Department soon made a grisly discovery: the bullet-riddled bodies of the teen's mother, Tatiana Casap, and stepfather, Donald Mayer, stuffed under blankets on the premises. Nikita Casap had apparently been living with their decomposing remains for weeks.

The Wisconsin teen went on the run in Mayer's car and was arrested on Feb. 28 in Kansas. He has since been charged with two counts of first-degree homicide, two counts of hiding a corpse, theft of property over $10,000, operating a motor vehicle without owner's consent, and two counts of identity theft for financial gain.

It turns out, however, that Nikita Casap's alleged murder of his mother and stepfather may have been only the first stage in a sequence of planned atrocities.

According to newly unsealed court documents obtained by WISN-TV, investigators are now pursuing numerous federal charges against Casap, including conspiracy, presidential assassination, and use of weapons of mass destruction.

The FBI characterized Casap in a federal affidavit as a nihilistic violent extremist intent on assassinating President Donald Trump, possibly with an explosive-laden drone, as a means to trigger an anti-Semitic revolution and ultimately an American societal collapse. Casap apparently had a mind to flee to Ukraine after executing his alleged plot.

'As to why, specifically Trump, I think it's obvious.'

The WCSO found images and communications on Casap's phone that "referenced a self-described manifesto regarding assassinating the president, making bombs, and terrorist attacks," said the affidavit.

The FBI apparently found textual conversations indicating Casap was supportive of the teachings of the Order of the Nine Angles, a satanic pedophile cult known for its anti-Semitism, its hatred for Christianity, its identitarianism, and its admiration for Adolf Hitler and other insidious historic figures. According to the BBC, O9A has roots going back to the 1960s and seeks the overthrow of the West's Judeo-Christian order.

In the manifesto, titled "Accelerate the Collapse," Casap allegedly discussed assassinating President Donald Trump in order to trigger a political revolution and America's collapse to "save the white race" from "Jewish controlled" politicians.

"As to why, specifically Trump, I think it's obvious," Casap allegedly wrote. "By getting rid of the president and perhaps the vice president, that is guaranteed to bring in some chaos. And not only that, but it will further bring into the public the idea that assassinations and accelerating the collapse are possible things to do."

"As a side note, the other attacks that may occur, I have no idea what they are/who they target," Casap allegedly continued. "I have no idea even if they are the same ideology as I. Point being, this manifesto is specifically for the attack that targets Trump."

This is hardly the first time President Donald Trump has been targeted for assassination.

Thomas Matthew Crooks' July 13 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, left Trump bleeding, two individuals critically wounded, and heroic former firefighter Corey Comperatore dead in the stands.

Ryan Wesley Routh, a cheerleader for a Ukrainian brigade associated with neo-Nazis since its inception, allegedly attempted to assassinate the president at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15.

'How long will I need to hide before I will be moved to Ukraine?'

While the alleged manifesto made clear that Trump was the primary target, the author, who celebrated the work of neo-Nazi groups, also called for the murder of Jewish politicians and billionaires, stating, "HAIL HITLER HAIL THE WHITE RACE HAIL VICTORY."

FBI personnel found information on Casap's phone regarding how to weaponize a drone, how to extend its range by using repeater drones, and ways to drop an explosive, a Molotov cocktail, or poison, said the affidavit. Investigators alleged further that he paid for, at least in part, a drone and explosives to be used as a weapon of mass destruction to execute his plot.

The federal affidavit made clear that "other parties, with whom Casap was in contact, appear to have been aware of his plan and action and to have provided assistance to Casap in carrying them out."

Casap allegedly discussed the plot and his escape with an individual over Telegram who used Cyrillic script and had a Ukrainian telephone number.

"How long will I need to hide before I will be moved to Ukraine?" Casap allegedly wrote. "1-2 months?"

"So while in Ukraine, I'll be able to get a normal job and have a normal life? Even if when it's found out I did it?" he allegedly asked in the conversation. "Do the other 10 people also have similar beliefs to I? Or are they different?"

In a January conversation on Telegram where Casap allegedly discussed his manifesto, an unknown party indicated that "Russia will be blamed for it, this is the goal."

A classmate told the WSCO in a March 10 interview that Casap confided to him that he was speaking to a male contact in Russia via Telegram and was plotting to overthrow the American government, said the affidavit. According to the classmate, Casap also pre-emptively claimed responsibility for 10 consecutive attacks, which he indicated would make the news.

FBI personnel also apparently found messages about obtaining a different license plate and directions from a location in southeast Wyoming to Eureka, California.

As of Monday morning, Casap was still listed as an inmate at the Waukesha County Jail. He is scheduled to appear in court on May 7. The Washington Post indicated the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of Wisconsin declined to comment on the case and that neither the White House nor Casap's lawyer responded to requests for comment.

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Pro-Hamas African dodging deportation asks Biden judge to kill Trump's executive order combating anti-Semitism



A foreign radical pursuing his doctorate at Cornell University was reportedly suspended twice last year and banned from campus for engaging in unlawful pro-Hamas demonstrations. Academic suspension customarily guarantees the revocation of an F-1 student visa.

The Trump State Department reportedly followed through, tearing up the visa of Momodou Taal and instructing him to surrender to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on March 14.

Rather than accept the consequences of his actions, Taal — a 31-year-old citizen of both Gambia and the U.K. who stated, "Glory to the resistance," as terrorists were slaughtering Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023; championed violence against so-called colonizers "by any means necessary"; called for the "end of the US empire in our lifetime"; and taught a course called "What Is Blackness?" — recently asked a judge to block his deportation and joined a pair of radicals in suing President Donald Trump, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Taal's attorneys claimed that the Trump administration is violating foreigners' free-speech rights and attempting to remove the pro-terror Gambian from the country because he is a "pro-Palestinian activist who attended a protest."

'Taal faced suspension on more than one occasion due to his disorderly behavior and long-term pattern of disregarding the rights of other students.'

While attorneys attempted to characterize Taal as an inoffensive fly on the wall of the pro-Hamas protests he helped lead, the university claimed in an April 26, 2024, letter concerning student code of conduct violations that the foreign radical repeatedly engaged in disorderly conduct, disrupted university activities, ignored university officials' lawful directives, and made unauthorized entry to various private spaces at Cornell.

Roy Stanley, the unit chief of the Counterterrorism Intelligence Unit at ICE's Homeland Security Investigations' Office of Intelligence, said in a sworn statement, "Mr. Taal faced suspension on more than one occasion due to his disorderly behavior and long-term pattern of disregarding the rights of other students and the general public and was in fact banned from campus for a period of time while one suspension was being reviewed."

Stanley further alleged that Taal previously got physical with campus police and, per a senior associate dean at the university, "demonstrated a pattern of escalating, egregious behavior."

Taal's attorneys suggested further that the Trump administration's push to arrest and possibly deport Taal was based on the president's executive order combating anti-Semitism and his directive protecting the homeland from foreign terrorist threats — a claim the government has denied.

Trump said in a statement corresponding with the first of these two executive orders:

To all the resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protests, we put you on notice: come 2025, we will find you, and we will deport you. I will also quickly cancel the student visas of all Hamas sympathizers on college campuses, which have been infested with radicalism like never before.

The lawsuit alleged that Trump's orders have "unconstitutionally silenced Plaintiffs and chilled protected expression" and asked that Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Coombe both to assume jurisdiction over the matter and to block the Trump administration from enforcing the president's two executive orders.

'I think the time is to double down, escalate.'

Attorneys for the government noted in a March 22 court filing that Taal's injunction request is unconstitutional; that his First Amendment claims are meritless; that an injunction by yet another Democrat-appointed judge would violate Article II and the separation of powers; that the foreign plaintiffs are not entitled to relief; and that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over Taal's First and Fifth Amendment challenges "because it is well-established that aliens may not circumvent Congress's bar on review of discretionary immigration enforcement or channeling of available review to immigration proceedings."

The Cornell Daily Sun reported that Ethan Kanter, chief of the national security unit for the DOJ's Office of Immigration Litigation, told Coombe at a hearing Tuesday that the case should not be heard by the Northern New York District Court but instead during removal proceedings in a federal court of appeals since Taal's visa was revoked before he filed suit.

Kanter noted further that contrary to the plaintiffs' contention, the executive orders did not direct agencies to target or limit speech.

Taal's attorney indicated that the Gambian radical was not present at the hearing because he is fearful of being arrested. Taal did, however, make an appearance on "Democracy Now" on Monday, telling host Amy Goodman, "I don't think the time is to keep quiet. I think the time is to double down, escalate, keep going, and keep raising the issue of Palestine."

Various leftist groups on and off campus have signaled support for Taal.

One demonstrator outside the courthouse Tuesday suggested that Trump's executive order combating anti-Semitism amounts to a "slippery slope into fascism," then unironically quoted Pastor Martin Niemöller's poem "First They Came" about doing nothing about the targeting of Jews.

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Journalist thrown in jail after reporting on pro-Hamas rally in Canada: 'Because I'm a Jew'



Canadian police arrested a Jewish journalist Sunday after pro-Hamas radicals made clear that his presence would not be tolerated in a public space.

Ezra Levant, the conservative publisher of Rebel News — one of the few media outfits in Canada that does not receive funding from the Trudeau government — was reporting on a pro-Hamas demonstration near Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue, a historically Jewish neighborhood in Toronto. Levant was keen to capture some of the radicals' comments and costumes on film, including one demonstrator who dressed up as Yahya Al-Sinwar, the terrorist leader of Hamas whom Israeli forces killed in October.

Pro-Hamas radicals at the rally also held signs featuring the inverted red triangle, a symbol used by Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades to identify Israeli military targets.

In footage from the pro-Hamas rally, which took place opposite a pro-Israel counter-demonstration, radicals can be heard condemning Israel as well as celebrating Hezbollah, even though, like Hamas, the group is currently listed by the Canadian government as a terrorist entity.

Although Levant was lawfully exercising his rights in a public space, police swooped in to remove him when it became clear he had prickled the mob with his efforts to peacefully chronicle the event.

"Police arrested me for 'causing a disturbance' when I was silently filming a pro-Hamas protest in a Jewish neighborhood in Toronto," Levant told Blaze News. "The cops said that my mere presence was causing a disturbance because the pro-Hamas people didn't want me there."

'I am the law.'

Officers swarmed Levant then forcefully carted him away while pro-Hamas radicals yelled, "Get him out! Get him out!" and "Go home!"

"Since when do foreign provocateurs, promoting a banned terrorist organization, get to veto who can and can't walk on a sidewalk?" Levant told Blaze News. "Outrageous."

Blaze News reached out to the Toronto Police Services for comment but did not receive a response by deadline. When asked for comment, the City of Toronto referred Blaze News to the TPS.

In the lead-up to his arrest, Levant can be seen in one video discussing the absurdity of his removal with an officer who told him, "Look around you. They're not happy that you're here."

"You know you're a disgrace," Levant told the officer. "You're a coward also. You'll do what they say because it's the path of least resistance."

When instructed to leave the area, Levant, a former lawyer, told the officer, "You're violating my Charter rights."

The officer responded by insinuating Levant was inciting the mob, then informed the journalist, "I am the law."

Another officer chimed in, asking Levant, "So you're refusing to leave? ... Why?"

"Because I'm a Jew, I'm a citizen, and I'm your boss," said the journalist.

"You know what?" responded the officer. "In the interest of keeping peace here, public safety, you're under arrest for breach of the peace."

Pro-Hamas demonstrators cheered while police handcuffed Levant and carted him away.

Levant, appearing somewhat shaken by the turn of events, told his cameraman, "I'm being arrested because I'm standing on a sidewalk in my city. I'm a Jew who lives in this neighborhood, and I'm being arrested because the police say that that's the path of least resistance."

Levant told Blaze News, "Police handcuffed, searched and jailed me for a few hours, but in the end they declined to press charges. It was obviously 'the path of least resistance.' They knew I’d be compliant, whereas the pro-Hamas thugs have been on a rioting rampage in Canada recently (e.g. in Montreal)."

Pro-Hamas and anti-NATO radicals backed by over 25 leftist groups took to the streets of Montreal Friday, launching incendiary devices, torching vehicles, attacking first responders, and vandalizing storefronts while Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — whose electoral district, or riding, is in the city — was busy dancing at the Taylor Swift concert in Toronto.

David Menzies, a reporter at Levant's Rebel News, was similarly arrested earlier this year on multiple occasions for daring to cover pro-Hamas rallies, including one at Toronto City Hall.

'It's a public place!'

Thousands of people, including Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, gathered for an event on April 7 focused on demands for the release of the remaining Israeli captives taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023. Anti-Israel demonstrators tried to crash the event.

"Incredibly, there was a protest of a few dozen people — the pro-Hamas types — which was particularly gross because to me this was like crashing a funeral," Menzies told Blaze News following his release. "They're spouting their rhetoric, which by the way includes calls for genocide like, 'from the river to the sea,' and 'intifada.'"

Menzies attempted to interview elements of the mob outside of city hall but was allegedly assaulted. Police intervened — not to help but to arrest the reporter.

"It's a public place!" Menzies told one of the arresting officers in an apparent state of disbelief. "This is literally the public square."

Menzies later told Blaze News he was charged for alleged breach of the peace and trespassing.

Menzies, like Levant, is accustomed to abuse by the state. After all, he was allegedly assaulted by Trudeau's bodyguards in 2021; roughed up by an RCMP officer, then carted away by York Regional Police after asking Trudeau's deputy minister questions in January; and arrested both on Nov. 11 and in March for asking pro-Hamas protesters questions.

Canada is hardly the only Western nation where the sensitivities of pro-Hamas activists and other radicals are given priority over other citizens' rights.

Blaze News reported earlier this year that London's Metropolitan Police threatened to arrest Gideon Falter, the head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, if he remained in an area of the city where pro-Hamas demonstrators were marching.

'Sir, you are quite openly Jewish.'

Footage of the confrontation showed Falter, wearing a kippah, ask a police sergeant, "So basically, because I'm Jewish, I can't cross the road today?"

"Because of the march," said the sergeant.

Falter pressed the issue, saying, "Yes, because I am Jewish?"

"That is part of — unfortunately part of the fact," said the sergeant.

The sergeant, who ultimately threatened to arrest Falter for breach of the peace, made a point of noting, "At the moment, sir, you are quite openly Jewish."

Last week, Barbara Slowik, Berlin's chief of police, admitted to the German newspaper Berline Zeitung that "there are areas — and we have to be honest here — where I would advise people who wear a kippah or are openly gay or lesbian to be more alert."

Slowik said she wouldn't "defame any groups of people here" but acknowledged that "there are certain neighborhoods where the majority of people liv[ing there] are of Arab descent, who also have sympathies for terrorist groups."

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Pro-Palestinian protesters wear yellow stars to Holocaust memorial march at Auschwitz



During Holocaust Remembrance Week’s March of the Living, pro-Palestinian protestors disrupted a remembrance march to honor the victims of Nazi atrocities at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camps.

The demonstrators chanted slogans, displayed Palestinian banners and flags that said “stop genocide,” and some wore yellow stars that appeared to resemble the ones Nazi authorities forced Jews to wear after the German invasion of Poland in 1939.

“Nothing is sacred anymore,” Mark Levin says, disgusted. “Israel is defending itself, and it is a constant defense. They’re attacked, they defend themselves. They’re attacked, they defend themselves.”

Meanwhile, Joe Biden asked them to stand down.

Levin says this “sends a massive propaganda message throughout the world.”

That message being that “it’s okay to slaughter Israelis and Jews. In the end, you’ll survive — particularly if you’re leading these efforts. In fact, the United States will come to your defense.”

“As long as Joe Biden’s in the Oval Office and Blinken is Secretary of State. Indeed, they’re funding Iran, which is funding the terrorists. Indeed, they’re funding Iran’s nuclear program, which is aimed at us. So, just keep at it, and so they’re keeping at it.”

Now, Levin says, “anti-Semitism is spreading all over the world, and in the United States because we imported people into this country who hate us.”


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British police issue series of apologies after cop threatens to arrest 'quite openly Jewish' Londoner



London's Metropolitan Police have issued multiple apologies after threatening to arrest a man who dared to be "quite openly Jewish" in the English capital's Aldwych area.

A police sergeant instructed Gideon Falter, the head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, not to cross the street Saturday over concerns that his presence might vex some of the tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian radicals who took to the streets of London demanding both a ceasefire and that the British government cut off its supply of arms to Israel.

Footage shows the confrontation between police and Gideon Falter, whom the Telegraph indicated was walking with friends after attending synagogue, wearing his kippah cap and carrying a bag containing his prayer shawl.

In one clip, the sergeant can be heard saying, "I'm sure there are an awful lot of people of all sorts of faiths and creeds who want to go where they want. But unfortunately, today is different."

"So basically, because I'm Jewish, I can't cross the road today?" asked Falter.

"Because of the march," said the sergeant.

Falter pressed the issue, saying, "Yes, because I am Jewish?"

"That is part of — unfortunately part of the fact," said the sergeant.

In another clip, Falter can be both heard emphasizing that he wants to leave and seen attempting to press on; however, the sergeant holds him back, saying, "When the crowd is gone I will happily escort you out. ... I don't want anybody antagonizing anybody."

"I just want to walk across," says Falter.

The sergeant makes clear that he is concerned about Falter's apparently provocative identity.

"At the moment, sir, you are quite openly Jewish," he tells Falter. "This is a pro-Palestinian march. I am not accusing you of anything, but I am worried about the reaction to your presence."

Falter was later told that he would be arrested if he remained in the area.

"If you choose to remain here — because you are causing a breach of the peace with all these other people — you will be arrested," said the sergeant.

\u201cYou are quite openly Jewish. This is a pro-Palestinian march. I am not accusing you of anything, but I am worried about the reaction to your presence.\u201d\n\nEnough is enough. It is time for a major change.\n\nOn Saturday 27th April \u2014 the next anti-Israel march \u2014 we are asking you,\u2026
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Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist initially released a statement claiming the "video posted by the Campaign Against Antisemitism will further dent the confidence of many Jewish Londoners which is the opposite of what any of us want."

"In recent weeks we've seen a new trend emerge, with those opposed to the main protests appearing along the route to express their views," continued Twist. "The fact that those who do this often film themselves while doing so suggests they must know that their presence is provocative, that they're inviting a response and that they're increasing the likelihood of an altercation."

The Metropolitan Police later issued a double apology, first apologizing for Twist's remarks and then for the initial "openly Jewish" remarks.

Concerning Twist's statement, the Met Police stressed, "Being Jewish is not a provocation. Jewish Londoners must be able to feel safe in this city."

Concerning the video of the sergeant threatening arrest over Falter being "openly Jewish" in an apparently inopportune place, the police said, "We are aware of this video and fully acknowledge the worry it has caused, not only to those featured, but also anyone who watches it, and will review the circumstances."

"We have always said that we recognize the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues to be an issue of concern for many Londoners, and this includes the regular protests and marches in central London," continued the statement. "Everyone has the right to travel throughout the capital in safety."

The Campaign Against Antisemitism wrote on X, "It is the right of every Londoner, Jewish or not, to walk freely around the city. If police threaten Jews with arrest for doing so or consider the mere presence of Jews to be 'antagonistic', then the Met has decided wholesale to curtail the rights of Jews in order to appease lawless mobs."

Falter has criticized the police further, suggesting that instead of "addressing that threat of anti-Semitic violence, the Met's policy instead seems to be that law-abiding Jewish Londoners should not be in the parts of London where these marches are taking place," reported the Telegraph.

"In other words, that they are no-go zones for Jews," added Falter.

Falter has indicated he plans to "go for a walk" on April 27 "as a private individual, as a Londoner, [and] as a Jew," and has invited others to join him.

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Dramatic footage shows heroic officers thwart massacre at Lakewood Church while one cop prays over a wounded child



A deranged anti-Semite from El Salvador dragged her son into Joel Osteen's Houston-area megachurch on Feb. 11 and began shooting wildly. Genesse Moreno's attempted massacre was swiftly thwarted by a 28-year-old off-duty Houston Police Department officer and a 38-year-old Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission officer.

The Houston Police Department released footage of the incident Monday, showing Genesse Moreno's incursion into Lakewood Church and her confrontation with the heroes therein.

Surveillance footage outside the church shows Genesse Moreno — who sometimes called herself Jeffrey Escalante — pull her 7-year-old son Samuel out of a white SUV, then march over to an entrance just ahead of the church's 2 p.m. Spanish-language service, dressed in a trench coat and carrying a backpack.

Another view shows multiple people peaceably mingling in a hallway on the west side of the church scatter in response to the crackle of gunfire. While churchgoers and others run for cover, HPD Officer Christopher Moreno rushes toward the commotion.

The shooter, who can be seen from another vantage ignoring the pleas and outstretched arms of her son, fires at Officer Moreno, prompting him to respond in kind, then take cover inside a doorway off the hallway. Genesse Moreno continues marching forward with rifle in hand, passing the officer — who has been on the force since January 2023.

According to HPD Assistant Chief Keith Seafous, the shooter attempted to enter the sanctuary, but the entrance doors were fortunately locked.

Footage shows TABC Officer Adrian Herrera, working security for the church at the time, approach the shooter from the rear with his handgun drawn and at least three other individuals in tow.

Genesse Moreno can be observed taking notice of the armed presence behind her and opening fire, nearly striking Herrera.

After Herrera answered back with his duty weapon, Moreno began to rifle through her backpack on the ground. The Houston Chronicle indicated that at the time, she had sprayed substances on the floor, which Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña later determined were not hazardous.

Officer Moreno's bodycam footage captures the shooter announcing, "There's a bomb in this bag. Stop shooting."

Security pleads with the shooter to drop her weapon, but she refuses, yelling, "The bomb is gonna go off."

The shooter reiterates, saying, "I will blow up the whole f***ing place."

— (@)

While Genesse Moreno appeared to be preparing the next phase of her attack, Herrera continued his advance, ultimately dropping the shooter with a decisive shot. After floundering on the ground for a moment near her supposed explosive device, Moreno stiffened.

In the exchange, 7-year-old Samuel was shot in the head.

HPD Officer Garcia, whose body camera captured some of the chaos surrounding the incident, can be seen running up to the wounded child and praying over his body.

"Father God, please bring him close to you," says Garcia. "Please bring him close to you."

On her way over to the gun battle, Garcia had similarly prayed, "Father God, just be with us. Forgive us our sins."

Uncertain whether the shooter had a bomb, the officers dragged the shooter's child to safety, then cautiously approached.

Walli Carranza, the boy's grandmother, indicated over the weekend that Samuel was recently removed from a ventilator and is now breathing on his own but nevertheless remains in critical condition.

Tom George Thomas, the 57-year-old volunteer at the church who caught a bullet to the hip during the incident, was released from a hospital in stable condition the day after the shooting.

Blaze News previously noted that Genesse Moreno had multiple run-ins with the law prior to shooting up Lakewood Church. She was slapped with charges for drug possession, assault, illegal possession of a weapon, resisting arrest, and forgery.

Houston Homicide Commander Christopher Hassig indicated that the gender-bending shooter was also temporarily detained in 2016 over mental health concerns and had a history of mental illness.

According to Genesse Moreno's former mother-in-law, Rabbi Walli Carranza, the shooter was a schizophrenic who had been diagnosed with Munchausen by proxy. Moreno allegedly harmed her child more than once and had been the subject of multiple child protective services investigations.

Genesse Moreno had also at one time lost custody of her child but apparently regained it in 2022.

Police indicated early in their investigation that they had discovered some of the shooter's "anti-Semitic writings." Her neighbors spoke of repeated threats, Nazi salutes, and in one instance, the shooter painting a swastika on a nearby resident's fence.

Carranza told the New York Times that Genesse Moreno was a practicing Muslim who frequently targeted her Jewish in-laws with "very anti-Semitic" rants that "were very profane and ... horrible."

Police have not yet confirmed a motive for the attack.

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