A Boston man Usaama Rahim was killed by an FBI agent and a police officer today. The man was under surveillance by FBI counter-terrorism units.
Usaama went after the police with a knife.
However his brother Ibrahim, a local imam, said Usaama was “shot in the back” and his last words were, “I can’t breathe.”
Pray4 my younger brother Usaama Rahim shot 3 X in his back by Boston Police then dying His last words I can't breathe pic.twitter.com/XcZWeiigtg
— Ibrahim Rahim (@rahim_imam) June 2, 2015
The Boston Herald reported:
An armed man in his 20s being surveilled by the FBI counterterrorism unit was shot and killed by an FBI agent and a Boston police officer in Roslindale this morning, according to Boston Police Commissioner William Evans.
“He was on foot, under surveillance,” Evans said. “The officers have been surveilling him and again they wanted to speak to him … and he turned and our officers gave several commands for him to drop the weapon and unfortunately he came at the officers and they did what they were trained to do and that’s never an easy decision for any officer to make.”
One FBI agent and one BPD officer fired, FBI Special Agent in Charge Vincent B. Lisi said.
Evans said the suspect was wielding a large military-style black knife that he could have “done a lot of damage” with.
“I think our officers tried their best with the FBI to try to convince him to put down the knife but he didn’t leave us a choice,” Evans said. “It’s an active investigation with the joint terrorism task force … It’s very fluid it’s ongoing, but we have one male shot and as you can see it is a very active scene.”
The suspect was declared dead at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Evans said.
“All we know is the joint terrorism task force was on this guy and when they confronted him to speak with him he turned and came at the officers and unfortunately he was shot dead,” Evans said.
His imam brother said Usaama was shot three times in the back.
Rahim’s brother posted about his death today on Facebook.
BREAKING: Man shot was brother of Boston imam Ibrahim Rahim. Tweet below starts the misinformation campaign. pic.twitter.com/mpVKBw1XaM
— Jim Hanson (@Uncle_Jimbo) June 2, 2015