A 23-year-old man told his family he was going to be ‘on the news.’ He then rammed his car with of explosives into a power substation

Authorities say a 23-year-old man drove a vehicle containing explosives into a Nevada power substation in what investigators are treating as a suspected act of terrorism.

The incident occurred around 10 a.m. on Feb. 19 in Boulder City, when a caller reported a vehicle crashing through a secured gate at a Department of Water and Power facility. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said gunshots were also reported from inside the vehicle.

Suspect Identified

Responding officers found a deceased man inside a silver Nissan Sentra. He was wearing soft body armor and was later identified as Dawson Maloney, 23, of Albany, New York. Police said he died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Investigators recovered two shotguns, an AR-style pistol, loaded magazines, ammunition and two thermite-based incendiary devices from the vehicle…

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