WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The federal probe into the fatal FBI shooting of a Muslim cleric in Detroit has ended with no charges filed, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday.
Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah refused to surrender and fired a gun when FBI agents raided a Dearborn, Mich., warehouse, federal officials said. He was killed when agents returned fire.
Abdullah, who was also known as Christopher Thomas, had been charged with 10 others in a complaint alleging conspiracy to commit felonies, including illegal possession and sale of firearms and theft from interstate shipments.
The U.S. Justice Department said in a release it had conducted a "complete, thorough and independent review" of the Oct. 28, 2009, shooting of Abdullah and concluded "the evidence does not reveal a violation of the applicable federal criminal civil rights statute or warrant further federal criminal investigation."
"The review included examining all documents witness accounts, forensic evidence and reports, and operational plans and procedures that were generated by an FBI Inspection Division inquiry, a Dearborn Police Department investigation and the Wayne County Medical Examiner's office. Additionally, a senior Civil Rights Division prosecutor consulted with Dearborn detectives and forensic experts and interviewed critical witnesses, including the FBI agents who shot Imam Abdullah and who voluntarily agreed to be interviewed," the release said.
