L.A. terror plot thwarted: Army vet planned ‘mass casualties’ attack, FBI says https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-los-angeles-terror-plot-20190429-story.html Mark Domingo, 26, an Army veteran, was arrested this past Friday after he took delivery of what he thought was a live bomb from an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a bomb-maker, officials said. He was charged with attempting to provide material support to terrorists. The terror plot was uncovered less than 48 hours after a gunman opened fire inside a San Diego synagogue, killing one woman and wounding several others in what law enforcement officials are investigating as an anti-Semitic hate crime. According to a federal affidavit, “after considering various attacks — including targeting Jews, churches, and police officers — Domingo decided to detonate an IED at a rally scheduled to take place in Long Beach this past weekend. As part of the plot, Domingo asked his confederate — who actually was cooperating with the FBI as part of the investigation — to find a bomb-maker, and Domingo last week purchased several hundred nails to be used as shrapnel inside the IED. “Domingo said he specifically bought three-inch nails because they would be long enough to penetrate the human body and puncture internal organs,” the affidavit states. Prosecutors said Domingo sought retribution for the New Zealand mosque attack and said he was willing to become a martyr. “There must be retribution,” he said in an online post, according to the federal criminal complaint. He also allegedly expressed allegiance to the Islamic State. “America needs another vegas event …[to] give them a taste of the terror they gladly spread all over the world,” Domingo allegedly wrote in reference to the massacre at the Route 91 concert in October 2017. The FBI saw the posts and used an informant to begin a series of meetings with Domingo. During these discussions, he talked about targeting “Jews, police officers, churches and a military facility,” authorities said. A law enforcement source told The Times he also considered an attack at the Santa Monica Pier. Domingo talked about a drive-by shooting using an AK-47-style rifle, authorities allege. But officials say he ended up targeting rallies in Long Beach and Huntington Beach.
Seems like a disturbed individual. Glad he wasn't able to hurt anyone. I don't really take anything else away from this.
So glad we spend $40 billion per year on the Department of Keeping-that-one-group-of-people-from-blowing-everybody-else-up.
