Bodycam footage has emerged of a Fargo police officer taking down a Syrian would-be mass murderer armed with an AK-47, 1,800 rounds of ammunition, a grenade and enough explosives to obliterate a crowd in what would have been a catastrophic domestic terrorist attack last month had it not been thwarted.
Bodycam footage has emerged of a Fargo police officer taking down a Syrian would-be mass murderer armed with an AK-47, 1,800 rounds of ammunition, a grenade and enough explosives to obliterate a crowd in what would have been a catastrophic domestic terrorist attack last month had it not been thwarted.
Neither the FBI nor the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed whether or not he was on any kind of watchlist.
The day before the shooting, he Googled: 'area events where there are crowds' which led him to an article about the Downtown Fargo Street Fair.
He'd also Googled 'explosive ammo', 'incendiary rounds' and 'mass shooting events'.
In his two-minute rampage, Barakat killed 23-year-old rookie cop Jake Wallin, an Afghanistan and Iraq veteran who'd only been on the job for three months, and critically injured two others before being shot dead by 32-year-old Officer Zach Robinson.
The full details of the terrifying incident emerged yesterday at a press conference where North Dakota officials also released Officer Robinson's bodycam footage.
Robinson, coming under fire himself, shot Barakat 31 times in total.
The gunman somehow survived the majority of the shots and continued to reach for his weapon before eventually being taken out.
The planned attack, had he been able to carry it out, would have been so deadly that North Dakota officials say there wouldn't have been enough medical and emergency personnel in three states to respond to it adequately.
In addition to the weapons in his car, Barakat also three cannisters of gasoline and two propane tanks filled with Tannerite - a highly explosive material.
Before the incident, he had no criminal record but police had visited his home to inquire about his weapons twice. They found them to have all been legally acquired.
In his two-minute rampage, Barakat killed 23-year-old rookie cop Jake Wallin, an Afghanistan and Iraq veteran who'd only been on the job for three months, and critically injured two others before being shot dead by 32-year-old Officer Zach Robinson.
The full details of the terrifying incident emerged yesterday at a press conference where North Dakota officials also released Officer Robinson's bodycam footage.
Robinson, coming under fire himself, shot Barakat 31 times in total.
The gunman somehow survived the majority of the shots and continued to reach for his weapon before eventually being taken out.
The planned attack, had he been able to carry it out, would have been so deadly that North Dakota officials say there wouldn't have been enough medical and emergency personnel in three states to respond to it adequately.
In addition to the weapons in his car, Barakat also three cannisters of gasoline and two propane tanks filled with Tannerite - a highly explosive material.
Before the incident, he had no criminal record but police had visited his home to inquire about his weapons twice. They found them to have all been legally acquired.
Wrigley last month said Robinson's use of deadly force 'was reasonable, it was necessary, it was justified, and in all ways, it was lawful.'
The Fargo Police Department found no use of force violations in Robinson's actions in the shooting, Deputy Chief Joe Anderson said. Robinson is back on the job.
Police are conducting a training review of the entire incident, including the officer response in the aftermath, he said.
The shooting investigation remains active and is 'proceeding to its logical conclusion,' Wrigley said.
Investigators are awaiting information from FBI interviews as well as firearms testing to ensure Barakat's weapons aren't connected to other illegal activity, the attorney general said.
