Overview

• Malik Davis, a 26-year-old regular attendee, struck the Islamic Center’s security guard from behind with a machete during evening prayers on June 7.
• The guard suffered lacerations to his head and hand and was treated and released from a local hospital.
• Davis disarmed the guard and seized his firearm before discarding it ahead of officers’ arrival.
• Authorities arrested Davis at the scene and charged him with aggravated assault against a security officer and theft of a firearm.
• The mosque briefly closed for a security review and reopened to worshippers the following day.