Lindsay Dunsmuir, REUTERS
MORGANTOWN, N.C. (Reuters) — A North Carolina man has been charged with an alleged plot to buy a semiautomatic rifle which he planned to use to kill Americans to show his support for the Islamic State militant group, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday.
Justin Nojan Sullivan, 19, of Morganton, North Carolina, who was arrested Friday, is due to appear in federal court in Charlotte at noon (1600 GMT), said a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina.
Sullivan is charged with one count of attempting to provide material support to Islamic State and two counts of weapons charges.
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