The suspect in Sunday’s attack in Boulder tried in November to buy a gun, but was denied, according to the Colorado Research Office.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, the suspect, tried to buy the weapon on November 22, 2024, but was denied based on the National Instant Criminal Background Verification System, according to the office.
The reason for his denial was not revealed. He did not appeal denial, said the office.
Approximately a month later, on December 30, 2024, CBI denied his request for a hidden gun permit.
Soliman has been accused of a crime of federal hatred and state charges, including 16 positions of attempted first degree murder, according to judicial documents. It appeared in court virtually on Monday. You still have to enter a plea.
His wife and children are in custody of the application of immigration and customs of the United States and the family is being processed for accelerated elimination, according to the Department of National Security.
“We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this atrocious attack, if they were aware of it, or if they gave him support,” National Secretary of National Security Kristi Noem said Tuesday. “I continue to pray for the victims of this attack and their families. Justice will be served.”
Soliman – who was arrested after allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails in an “act of terrorism” during a demonstration that advocated the hostages that are held in Gaza on Sunday on Sunday, has been in the United States with an expired tourist visa, authorities said.
An Israeli flag is in a flower bed while the caution tape blocks a deserted Pearl street in the scene of an attack on protesters who ask for the launch of Israeli hostages in Gaza, in Boulder, Colorado, June 1, 2025.
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The five -year -old father was awarded a work permit, but which had also expired in March.
Soliman was born in Egypt and lived in Kuwait for 17 years before moving to Colorado Springs three years ago, according to judicial documents.
They supposedly said that he had been planning Sunday’s attack for a year, but waited until his daughter graduated from high school last Thursday to carry it out, state and federal documents said.
Sixteen Molotov cocktails unused were available to the “scope” of the suspect when he was arrested, the special FBI Denver agent by Mark Michalek said on Monday.
The molotov cocktails off were “composed of bottles of wine jug or ball bottles containing transparent liquids and red rags that hang from the bottles,” judicial documents said. The police also found a “back of backpack weeds, potentially that contains an flammable substance. The transparent liquid in the glass bottles and the weed sprayer was determined that it was 87 octane gasoline, which was determined that contained xileno.”
Kevin Shalvey of ABC News, Emily Shapiro and Luke Barr contributed to this report.
