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…