Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, 43, was arrested June 11 in connection with the attack at the Draw the Prophet Contest held May 3 at Garland ISD’s Curtis Culwell Center.
The indictment was filed in Arizona and states that Kareem, also known as Decarus Thomas, “together with other persons known and unknown to the grand jury conspired to violate Title 18, United States Code, Section 924 (b), in that they knowingly and intentionally conspired to transport firearms and ammunition in interstate commerce with the intent to commit crimes punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year and with knowledge and reasonable cause to believe that an offense punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year was to be committed, including murder…and aggravated assault…”
The indictment also states that on dates between Jan. 7 and May 3 Kareem had traveled to remote desert areas in Arizona to practice shooting firearms with Elton Francis Simpson and Nadir Hamid Soofi, the two men who were killed in the shootout with police during the May 3 event. A Garland ISD security officer was wounded during the shootout.
It also accuses Kareem of providing guns to Soofi and Simpson and states that he hosted Simpson, Soofi and “other persons known and unknown to the grand jury” in his home to discuss the plan to travel to from Phoenix, Arizona to Garland to carry out the attack at the event.
Other counts cited in the indictment are transportation of firearms and ammunition and making false statements to the FBI while being questioned about his involvement in the Garland attack.
Federal authorities believe that Kareem, Soofi, Simpson and others planned the attack between February 11, when plans for the contest were announced, and April 23.
It was also announced that Kareem allegedly discussed an attack on the Super Bowl that was held earlier this year in Glendale, Arizona.