Man crashes car into Nevada power facility in suspected terrorism incident
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A heavily armed 23-year-old man, who told his family he wanted to commit an act that would put him “in the news,” allegedly drove across the country and crashed into a Nevada energy facility on Thursday. This incident is what authorities are calling a possible act of terrorism.
Dawson Maloney, 23, of Albany, New York, who was wearing soft body armor and holding a shotgun, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference Friday.
Officials said Maloney, who was recently reported missing in New York, deliberately crashed into a rental car through a secure gate guarding the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power facility near Boulder City around 10 a.m. local time on Thursday.
In the video, the car with New York license plate is seen rapidly approaching the door and breaking the surrounding fences.
Dawson Maloney was the 23-year-old who crashed into a power plant near Las Vegas. (KVVU)
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According to McMahill, Maloney’s car was stopped by large, industrial cable reels, apparently leading to his subsequent suicide. He added that there was no threat to the public.
Authorities said he spoke to his family before the attack and made multiple references to harming himself and committing an act that would put him “in the news.”
According to McMahill, Maloney referred to himself as a “dead terrorist son” in a message to his mother and said he felt he “had an obligation to carry out his act.”
The FBI is investigating Thursday’s attack in Boulder City, Nev. (KVVU)
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Found inside the car were two shotguns, an AR-style handgun, multiple loaded AR magazines, a box of shotgun shells, two flamethrowers containing thermite material, a crowbar, and an axe. According to McMahill, the incident was treated as a “terrorism-related incident.”
According to authorities, several guns were found inside the rental car. (KVVU)
Numerous books related to extremist ideologies such as right-wing and left-wing extremism, environmental extremism, white supremacy, and anti-government ideology were found in Maloney’s hotel room.
Authorities also seized explosives and components such as thermite, ammonium nitrate, magnesium strip, metal pipes and gasoline.
The FBI is investigating an apparent attack on a power plant in Boulder City, Nev., on Thursday. (KVVU)
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A cell phone found in the car is being forensically analyzed, according to McMahill.
Boulder City Police Chief Tim Shea said there was no major damage to critical infrastructure.
The FBI is investigating an apparent assault in Boulder City, Nevada, on Thursday. (KVVU)
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Officials said there was no threat to the community.
The FBI is assisting with the investigation.
This is an evolving story. Please check back for updates.
