DETROIT — An iman accused of encouraging followers to commit violence against the U.S. government was shot 20 times during an FBI raid at a suburban warehouse last fall, according to an autopsy report released Monday.
The autopsy was completed a month after Luqman Ameen Abdullah’s death, but police were granted a delay in releasing the results while they investigate the Oct. 28 shooting, said Dr. Carl Schmidt, Wayne County’s chief medical examiner.
The iman also known as Christopher Thomas led a Detroit mosque that served mostly black Muslims. The FBI says agents were trying to arrest him at a warehouse when he fired a gun.
Abdullah and 11 allies were being pursued for federal crimes, chiefly conspiracy to sell stolen goods, in an FBI sting operation.
