A 19-year-old former Michigan Army National Guard member has been arrested for allegedly planning a mass shooting at a U.S. military base in support of the Islamic State (ISIS), the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.
The suspect, identified as Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, was taken into custody on Tuesday near the Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM) facility at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Michigan. According to officials, Said traveled to the area and launched a drone to support the execution of his alleged attack plan.
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the plot in a public statement, crediting the swift response of federal agents and law enforcement partners. “ur FBI teams and partners foiled an attempted ISIS attack on one of our U.S. military bases in Warren, Michigan,” Wray said. “Said plotted a mass shooting at the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM) facility before multiple undercover law enforcement officers obtained information of his plans.”
NEW from your FBI: I can now confirm reports that our FBI teams and partners foiled an attempted ISIS attack on one of our U.S. military bases in Warren, Michigan.
The individual, Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, plotted a mass shooting at the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive &…
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) May 15, 2025
Said was scheduled to carry out the attack on May 13, but was intercepted and arrested before he could act. He is expected to make his initial appearance in the Eastern District of Michigan today. Federal prosecutors will request that he be held in pretrial detention, citing both the danger he poses to the public and the likelihood of flight.
If convicted, Said faces up to 20 years in prison per charge for supporting a foreign terrorist organization, among other offenses outlined in the federal complaint.
The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is leading the investigation. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Salzenstein for the Eastern District of Michigan, along with Trial Attorneys John Cella and Charles Kovats from the Justice Department’s National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section.
Authorities have not yet disclosed how long Said had been planning the attack or how he became radicalized. However, officials confirmed that he was no longer affiliated with the National Guard at the time of his arrest.
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