A Denver mosque warned the feds that the man accused of killing a transit worker execution-style is a radical Muslim with violent tendencies, ABC news reported Friday.
Joshua Cummings, 37, vowed to “fight” and hinted at “killing his entire community” at a religious event, a mosque leader warned the Department of Homeland Security in a December email.
“He seems pretty advanced in his path of radicalization,” the mosque leader said in the letter.
“He also feels that it’s okay to fight now (not jihad/struggle, but actually fight), here to establish the rule of Islam. He was also quoting a verse from the Quran (2:54) where he claimed Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) was asked to kill his entire community,” the email states.
Mosque leaders had arranged for Cummings to meet with “knowledgeable Imams” to “see if he can be mellowed a bit,” according to ABC.
“But I doubt it would help,” the letter reads. “He is not listening to reason.”
On Tuesday, Cummings allegedly shot Scott Von Lanken, 56, a security guard with the Regional Transportation District in Denver, in the head as he helped two women with directions.
“Do as I tell you!” he demanded before allegedly pulling the trigger, police say. He was arrested soon after.
The DHS admitted it “did receive the e-mail in question from a community member in Denver.
“It was immediately referred to the appropriate law enforcement agencies for review,” the agency said in a statement Friday.
Cummings is an Army veteran who converted to Islam, according to reports.
It’s unclear why he was booted from the Texas mosque or when the outburst at the Denver mosque event occurred.