Xavier Pelkey, 18, allegedly recruited two other teens to commit mass murder at a mosque in the Chicago area, all in the name of ISIS.
Xavier Pelkey, 18, of Waterville, Maine, plotted to travel to Chicago and commit mass murder at synagogues and mosques, the FBI said.
Newly unsealed federal documents reveal Pelkey recruited a 17-year-old boy from Kentucky and a 15-year-old boy from Chicago through Instagram. Federal prosecutors said they planned to continue going to other mosques and synagogues until they were eventually killed by law enforcement.
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