American indicted in Israel over plot

American indicted in Israel over plot

JERUSALEM

Israel says it has indicted a 30-year-old American Christian for plotting to blow up Muslim holy places in Jerusalem.

The Ministry of Justice said Tuesday that a court had indicted Adam Everett Livix in connection with the plot.

It said that Livix had cooperated with his roommate, a serving soldier in the Israeli military, to obtain 3 pounds of explosive material to use to blow up the unidentified Jerusalem holy places. The ministry said the plot was discovered by a police agent in October.

It said that Livix was indicted Monday and is undergoing psychiatric evaluation.

Livix’s indictment comes at a time of rising tensions in Jerusalem, mostly over a disputed holy site that is holy both to Muslims and Jews.

Phoenix police ID cop who killed man

PHOENIX

Police on Tuesday released the name of a Phoenix police officer who shot and killed an unarmed drug suspect — a move that came just hours before activists and family members of the man planned a protest.

Officer Mark Rine, a seven-year veteran of the department, has been reassigned to nonenforcement duty pending the outcome of an internal investigation, police said.

Prosecutors will determine whether the 30-year-old officer will face criminal charges in the Dec. 2 shooting.

Police have said 34-year-old Rumain Brisbon, who was black, was unarmed when he was shot by a white officer investigating a tip that Brisbon was doing a drug deal inside an SUV in the parking lot of his apartment complex.

Brisbon failed to obey the officer’s commands and ran to an apartment where a struggle turned deadly, police said, noting that the officer mistook a pill bottle that Brisbon had been clutching in his pocket for the butt of a gun.

An autopsy has determined that Brisbon died from gunshot wounds to his torso.

Associated Press