Oct 24: Police are investigating the possibility that the attacker killed on a rainswept shopping corridor, identified by police sources as Zale Thompson, 32, had links to terrorism. A Zale Thompson on Facebook is pictured wearing a keffiyeh and had a recent terrorism-related conversation with one of his Facebook friends, according to a police source. A female bystander and a 25-year-old cop were critically injured when a man armed with a hatchet charged at a group of cops in Queens on Thursday. The cop suffered a head wound. A female bystander and a 25-year-old cop were critically injured when a man armed with a hatchet charged at a group of cops in Queens on Thursday. The cop suffered a head wound. Two cops shot dead the suspect, who can been seen in the background of this photo, wearing jeans and a green jacket. A man armed with a hatchet attacked four cops on a Queens street on Thursday and was shot dead by the officers. A female bystander also was struck, and was said to be in critical condition. . A man armed with a hatchet attacked four cops on a Queens street on Thursday and was shot dead by the officers. A female bystander also was struck, and was said to be in critical condition. . . A hatchet-wielding man who attacked a group of rookie cops on a Queens street, critically injuring one of them, was shot dead by the officers on Thursday afternoon, and a female bystander was hit in the back by an errant round. Police are investigating the possibility that Zale Thompson, the attacker who made the crazy charge at a pack of four cops in the heart of Jamaica’s shopping district — plunging the hatchet into the skull of Officer Kenneth Healey — was motivated by a desire to commit an act of terrorism. Thompson, 32, lived in Queens Village, once served in the Navy and attended Teacher’s College at Columbia University from 2009 to 2010 but left before earning a degree. He had a Facebook conversation recently with a man on the subject of terrorism, police sources said. That man, Frank Sha Francois, 49, told the Daily News that they did talk about terrorism but denounced it in all its hideous forms. “We spoke against all aspects of any type of terrorism — foreign terrorism, domestic terrorism, terrorism committed by groups and by governments. Any act of violence where innocent lives are spilled, we spoke against that,” Francois said. “He never expressed to me, that I could recall, that he would do anything violent. Yes, he said there were things that needed to be done — nonviolent, collective action .... He said the people can’t take up arms against law enforcement; it would be suicide.” 2 of 3. This CCTV footage, shot at 2pm on October 23, 2014 at the intersection of Jamaica Avenue and 162nd Street shows a man in a green hooded parka jacket running towards four uniformed NYPD officers who are off camera. The man draws a metal hatchet and DCPI Enlarge 3 of 3. This CCTV footage, shot at 2pm on October 23, 2014 at the intersection of Jamaica Avenue and 162nd Street shows a man in a green hooded parka jacket running towards four uniformed NYPD officers who are off camera. The man draws a metal hatchet and DCPI Enlarge The suspect attacked the officers before he was shot dead on the street. At about 2 p.m. Officer Healey, 25, stood with three fellow cops on Jamaica Ave. near 160th St. The four, who were graduated from the Police Academy, had just posed for a picture taken by a freelance photographer. Seeing the group of Finest, Thompson, hatchet in hand and his face partially covered by a green parka, rushed at the cops. “The suspect charged at the officers,” Bratton said. A surveillance video showed Thompson’s devilish dash and him “cocking the hatchet like it’s a baseball bat and starting to swing it,” a police source said. trunews/hatchet-wielding-man-shot-dead-nypd-cops-queens-police-eye-possible-terrorism-motive/
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