Boston Terror Islamic Suspect Usaama Rahim Shot by Cop Made Threats Against Police, Sources Say

A terror suspect who was shot and killed by a Boston cop this morning was under 24-hour surveillance because he had made statements indicating he desired to attack police officers, sources briefed on the case told ABC News.

The FBI knew Usaama Rahim was armed and potentially dangerous and moved on him this morning when it appeared the threat he posed to uniformed officers in the Boston area had somehow increased, the sources said. He had been under surveillance by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, ABC News has learned.

In a related arrest, Massachusetts State Police and Boston police arrested a man in nearby Everett who had also allegedly expressed an interest in taking up the ISIS call to attack police.
The FBI and Rhode Island State Police conducted a related search of a location in Warwick, Rhode Island, but no arrests were made there.

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