Colorado: Muslim praises Allah, stabs cop, gets shotasks for his Koran back

Posted on December 11, 2014 by creeping

and he had visited multiple jihadist websites.

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The 32-year-old man who was shot five times after allegedly stabbing a Caon City Police Department
officer made Islamic-type statements prior to the incident, according to the CCPD.
At a press conference at the police department Monday, CCPD Chief Paul Schultz said a welfare check was
conducted Friday by the Fremont County Sheriffs office on Hudson Taylor Clark because he was acting
unusual.
When he was contacted by the Fremont County deputy (Friday), he was saying Dear God please forgive the
disbelievers. Praise be to Allah,' he said.
According to the chief of police, the suspects family informed law enforcement about the multiple jihadist
websites the suspect visited.
Schultz said he didnt know what those particular web addresses were.
At about 2 p.m. Saturday, the suspects family told law enforcement that they were worried because Clark left
his residence in Penrose and said he wasnt going to return. They also said Clark was mentally disturbed,
had been working out a great deal during the last two months and recently had broken up with his girlfriend.
At about 3:30 p.m., he allegedly robbed Victory Defense, a police supply store.
At that point in time, Mr. Clark walked inside the store and he shoplifted a 9mm handgun and put it inside
his waistband, walked out the back door, Schultz said.
Schultz said theres surveillance video footage of Clark exiting the store with the gun.
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The two clerks in the store followed him outside and demanded that he return the gun, Schultz said, and he
did but allegedly stole a holster shortly thereafter.
One (clerk) walked up to him, tapped him on the back of the shoulder. Schultz said. He turned around, he
pulled out an open knife on this clerk and said, Dont touch me or Ill cut you. He then took another step
toward the clerk.
Clark then left the scene, Schultz said, and was found 10 minutes later at the intersection of Ute and
Raynolds by CCPD Cpl. Andrew Sanders.
Mr. Clark did not respond to the officers commands to stop and talk to him, he said. Our officer went up,
tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around with a eight-inch knife Then without saying anything,
stabbed corporal Sanders under the left arm toward the armpit and then continued to encroach upon him.
Schultz said the officer told him to stop after he was injured, but he didnt comply.
He continued to encroach upon Corporal Sanders with the knife, which was open obviously, he said.
Corporal Sanders then fired his handgun in self-defense, striking Mr. Clark five times.
He was shot twice in the left arm, once in the right arm, once in the abdomen and a bullet grazed across his
chest, Schultz said.
Clark was shot at while he was somewhere between four and six feet away, he said.
The suspect at this point dropped to the ground, never lost consciousness, was bleeding profusely and
continued to make comments, Schultz said. Next to him was the Quran, which fell out onto the ground and
during this first aid situation at this point, he did ask for his Quran.

The suspect was transported to St. Thomas More Hospital and then airlifted to St. Francis-Penrose Hospital,
where he had surgery, Schultz said. He will need more surgery in about two weeks.
While Clark was at the Colorado Springs hospital, he smiled when he asked police if he had hit the officer,
Schultz said.
On Monday, Clark was transported to the Fremont County Jail, where he is being held on a $100,000 cash
bond.
Officer Sanders, who is on routine paid administrative leave, has a stab wound 3/8 of an inch in diameter,
Schultz said, and he was treated and released from the hospital.
The holster was recovered, he said, two boxes of 9mm ammunition was found in his backpack.
Schultz said Clark is a loner, but believes he doesnt have any prior criminal history.
Our information is that he has no friends and that he doesnt have a job, he said.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is investigating the criminal portion of the case, while the CCPD is
conducting an administrative investigation, he said.
But we have been contacted by federal authorities who are interested in getting information about this due
to the comments that were made by Mr. Clark, he said. I wouldnt say theyre investigating it, but they are
interested in what has occurred here.
Clark has been charged with attempted murder of a police officer, aggravated robbery, first-degree assault,
second-degree assault, two counts of menacing, attempted theft, theft and resisting arrest
He is scheduled to appear in court at 8:40 a.m. Dec. 24 for a bond hearing.