Dawson Maloney referred to himself as his mother’s “dead terrorist son” in a message sent to her before the incident, police said
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- A man allegedly told his family he was going to be “on the news,” before he drove a car full of explosives into a Nevada power substation in a suspected act of terrorism
- Dawson Maloney, 23, referred to himself as his mother’s “dead terrorist son” in a message sent to her before the incident, police said
- Investigators said they found books relating to “extremist ideologies” in the Nevada hotel room where Maloney was staying, including some pertaining to “white supremacy and anti-government ideology”
A man allegedly told his family he was going to be “on the news.” Then, he drove a car full of explosives into a Nevada power substation in a suspected act of terrorism, authorities said.
The Boulder City Police Department (BCPD) received a 911 call at around 10:00 a.m local time on Thursday, Feb. 19, reporting that a vehicle had crashed through a secured gate at a Department of Water and Power substation, according to a news release from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).
The caller also reported hearing gunshots from inside the vehicle, per the LVMPD.
Upon arriving at the scene, authorities discovered a deceased adult male in a silver Nissan Sentra, wearing soft body armor…