It’s all about the narrative.
“Lone wolf couple. Loser guy with Jihadi Jane online. Not part of a bigger anything. Sympathized with ISIS, not controlled by them. Nothing to worry about. Go back to Christmas shopping.”
The third actor may have been foreign born. Fear: “Close the borders!” “Stop those refugees!”
So they took him off for questioning for ‘national security reasons.’
That might be him in the parking lot surrounded by the four policemen standing over him. Or he may have been in the church. Or both.
Wouldn’t they have a driver? They want to go in, shoot up, and leave. Wouldn’t one of the ‘half dozen middle eastern men’ seen outside their apartment have planned for one to also be a driver?
They want tell us this to not ‘cause panic’ or ‘Islamophobia” but we are being misled.