Alabama: Muslim ambushed cops charged with attempted murder, did it for Islam

From: Creeping Sharia

Posted on January 11, 2012 

By: creeping

Today’s daily jihad in America report, via Man arrested after firing at multiple officers in Gadsden.

GADSDEN, AL (WBRC) – A man from Albertville is being detained for attempting to murder multiple law enforcement officers early Sunday morning, according to Gadsden police. He has been identified as Luis Ibarra-Hernandez, age 21. An attempted murder warrant was obtained against Ibarra-Hernandez this afternoon.

Police say Ibarra-Hernandez lured officers to Alabama City west of Wall Street by shooting out store windows. He then opened fire on the officers for about 30 minutes before being pinned down and surrendering, Captain Regina May with the Gadsden Police Department said.

The incident began at approximately 1:25 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 8. Gadsden police officers responded to Rainbow Food Mart on West Meighan Blvd. after receiving an alarm call. They found nothing out of the ordinary after arriving, but shortly afterward another alarm call went out for the Auto Zone nearby on West Meighan Blvd.

Officers responded to the Auto Zone and discovered that the front door had been shattered by a bullet. After completing a police report at Auto Zone, police heard more gunfire in the area, May said. Another glass break alarm went off at the Rainbow Food Mart and officers observed glass had been broken from a gunshot.

As police completed their report on the Rainbow Food Mart incident, the officers saw a suspicious person lurking in the area around 2:55 a.m., according to May.

Ibarra-Hernandez ran from police and the officers pursued him on foot. More officers responded to the activity in the Alabama City area. While running through the streets and alleyways, the suspect opened fire on several of the law enforcement officers chasing him. Police officers took cover behind trees and vehicles and set up a perimeter around the suspect, May said. More law enforcement agencies arrived to the scene to offer support.

Officer Mitchell James, a trained crisis negotiator, responded to the scene after hearing radio traffic about the incident. He had been working off-duty security at the time of the reported gunfire but rushed to the scene and used his vehicle as a cover, May said. Officer James then took over the negotiations that another officer had begun with the suspect.

“Officer James was successful at having the suspect surrender without further incident,” May said in a release. The suspect was pinned down behind trees near 30th Street and Western Avenue and taken into custody.

“After the suspect was taken into custody, he reported that he knew he must do something extreme to draw attention to Islam and himself, so he planned to shoot police officers,” May said.

According to the investigation led by Detective Sergeant Tom Bradley, preliminary reports show that no Gadsden police officers returned fire on the suspect. The reports show that one Etowah County deputy returned fire after being fired upon. Bradley said the Gadsden officers showed “tremendous discipline by avoiding cross fires and considering backdrops.”

“We are very fortunate as a city and a police family that no officers were hurt or killed. Departmental training and sound supervision on the shift contributed to everyone going home unharmed,” May said.

Ibarra-Hernandez is being held in the Etowah County jail without bond.