USA: Convicted Mosque Shooter from Meriden Embraces Islam


"This huge bodybuilder-type guy comes in and to see tears coming down his face and red cheeks, it humbled us. It was a genuine connection that you can't fabricate."

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | US Desk
Source/Credit: NBC Connecticut
By Keisha Grant | September 25, 2017

Ted Hakey Jr. spends his days working to spread the word of the Muslim community in Meriden.

It's a far cry from what he felt in his heart two years ago when he was arrested for shooting at an empty mosque.

"I was a Muslim hater," Hakey told NBC Connecticut's Keisha Grant in an exclusive interview.

The former U.S. Marine was arrested for a hate crime in November 2015 after firing 30 shots into the Ahmadiyya Baitul Aman Mosque on Main Street with a high-powered rifle a day after the Paris attacks.

Hakey said he found himself intoxicated and fed up with attacks halfway around the world.
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