Prosecutors: Islamic State inspired NC man’s plan

By JONATHAN DREW
Associated Press

RALEIGH, NC (AP) – Prosecutors say a North Carolina man accused of planning an Islamic State-inspired attack has also been charged with killing his neighbor.

District Attorney David Learner said a grand jury in Burke County indicted Justin Nojan Sullivan on Monday on a murder charge.

A federal indictment unsealed Monday charges Sullivan with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State, as well as firearms charges and a count related to offering to pay an informant to kill his parents.

Prosecutors say Sullivan admitted to taking a rifle from his father’s gun cabinet, and that testing showed the gun killed his 74-year-old neighbor.

Sullivan was arrested over the summer and accused of planning terrorist killings in the U.S. He’s currently in federal custody awaiting trial.

An attorney for Sullivan declined to comment.

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