ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

[HairOfTheDog]

Denver, Colorado

This public shooting happened on January 31^st. Yet again, a former U.S. military member is the alleged killer.


^ Scott Von Lanken, 56, was shot to death while talking with two women at Union Station. He was a transit officer at the station. Von Lanken was a pastor of various churches and a former police officer who moonlighted as an RTD security officer in Denver to supplement his income for his wife and two children. RIP.

One of the women talking to Von Lanken told investigators that the suspect, Joshua Cummings, 37, said something like, 'Do what you are told,' just before he opened fire and ran away, police have said. Cummings was found a short time later hiding on the terrace of an apartment building with a handgun, authorities said.


^Cummings was known to members of the law enforcement. Muslim leaders and mosque attendees had reported Cummings to LE in the months prior to the shooting because he was acting strangely and there was concern he could be radicalized. Federal authorities reportedly investigated the reports, but it's not been revealed what action they took, if any.

In a telephone interview Thursday from Denver's jail, Cummings told The Associated Press he pledged his allegiance to ISIS after spending three days behind bars fasting. He said he did so to purge himself of an oath he took to uphold the US Constitution when he joined the Army in 1996.

But, Police have uncovered no evidence to suggest Cummings was either directed by ISIS to carry out the killing or may have been inspired by the group, Denver Police Commander Barb Archer said Friday. ISIS has not claimed any credit.

Cummings served in the Army more than a decade ago but never saw combat.

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