Heavily armed Marine arrested trying to enter Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska
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Heavily armed Marine arrested trying to enter Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska
By: Shawn Snow, Marine Times, June 17 2019
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Pfc. Ali Alkazahg had two semi-automatic rifles, a pistol, a suppressor, a bump stock, body armor and ammunition when he was arrested by MPs at Offutt Air Force Base on May 31
A Hawaii-based Marine was arrested May 31 by Air Force military police at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, according to Marine officials.
Ali J. Alkazahg, a private first class assigned to 3rd Marine Logistics Group, was caught trying to enter the Air Force base with two semi-automatic rifles, a pistol, a suppressor, a bump stock, body armor and ammunition, the Omaha-World Herald reported.
Alkazahg was transported by Naval Criminal Investigative Service to Hawaii, where he has been placed in pretrial confinement, Capt. Eric Abrams, a spokesman for III Marine Expeditionary Force, told Marine Corps Times. The Marine hasn’t been charged at this time and the Corps wasn’t able to provide further details.
NCIS said it is investigating the incident.
The Omaha-World Herald reported that security guards stopped Alkazahg’s pickup truck at the Offutt security gate after seeing his name on a law enforcement watch list.
A bulletin, issued a week prior by the Nebraska Information and Analysis Center, said Alkazahg mentioned to another Marine that he would “shoot up the battalion, starting at the barracks," over misconduct issues he was facing, according to the Omaha-World Herald.
In 2016, the Lincoln Police Department issued a caution about Alkazahg in 2016 claiming that the he was “dangerous, has an infatuation with guns and violent acts, and has a dislike for law enforcement,” the Omaha-World Herald reported. That message of caution was issued before Alkazahg enlisted in the Corps, the Omaha-World Herald reported.
“The Marine Corps takes every accusation against its Marines seriously and holds them accountable to our core values of honor, courage and commitment,” Abrams said.
The Omaha-World Herald reported that Alkazahg was on leave at the time of the incident.
No problem, it's just another case of "workplace violence".
I'd say they were lucky to have stopped this guy at the gate without issue.
Why Offutt AFB of all places?
And if he was on pretrial confinement in Hawaii, just how the hell did he get off the base, and end up in Nebraska? The USMC as got a bunch of questions to answer, that or this article has a bunch of things flat out wrong.
It was horribly written, but I read it as he was transferred back to Hawaii and then placed in confinement. It wasn't written that way, but it's the only thing that makes sense.
Geez we've got a bunch of Marines up here on exercise, wonder if I should worry (j/k)
Depends on the type of Marines, and the type of exercises.
The aviation types mellow a bit over time. The 0300s are wound real tight. I believe the word the Marines use is "Motivated"!
Lol, whew!! They're the aviation types
I said they may mellow, but I would still watch their aim...….
Well, thank God they caught this guy before he did something awful.