I’ve been digging around and I’ll be surprised there is real islamism here. The first question would be rather he was an attendee at a mosque in Baltimore where he lived. Haven’t seen anything about that, but it’s early. If this was a muslim attack I would have expected him to shoot it out with the cops rather than comitting suicide. That’s not too martyr-like.
This guy shot his girl friend and knew the manhunt for him was on. I think he then decided to go out as famously as possible with the brothers, using this as his slingshot to fame.
This may have just been the afterthought of a loser who knew he was going down anyway.
That would have been a good question 20 or so years ago.
But the Muslims learn. Now they are meeting at private homes.
And in smaller groups, thus avoiding much surveillance.
TWB