Pennsylvania Capitol, Harrisburg
The shooting attack by an Egyptian-born man on Pennsylvania law-enforcement officers within steps from the state Capitol in Harrisburg is being classified as "terrorism" by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty
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Ahmed El-Mofty, 51, moved from Egypt as part of a "family-based immigrant" visa – otherwise known as "chain migration." He targeted several police officers, wounding one, before being killed in a shootout Friday.
El-Mofty fired several times at a Capitol Police officer and then shot and injured a state trooper. Later, he used two handguns to open fire at several officers who then returned fire and killed him, according to a statement from the Dauphin County district attorney's office.
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Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico said there was "no doubt that he was directly targeting police officers."
Tyler Houlton, acting DHS press secretary, referred to the incident as a terror attack in a statement released Saturday. He said the incident highlights the "Trump administration's concerns with extended family chain migration."
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"Both chain migration and the diversity visa lottery program have been exploited by terrorists to attack our country," Houlton said, adding that "the programs make it more difficult to keep dangerous people out of the United States and to protect the safety of every American."
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