Joshua Cummings converted to Islam and wanted to do an act of worship to please Allah. He decided that he would make a human sacrifice for him, so he walked up to a security guard, pulled out a gun, and then blew his brains out with a single shot:
The man charged in the murder of a Regional Transportation District security guard says his actions that night were to please Allah.
Joshua Cummings, 37, is charged with the Jan. 30 murder of RTD security guard Scott Von Lanken. What happened was a cold blooded murder — a shot to the head — but the reason behind it is still unclear. From his jail cell, by phone, Cummings told CBS4 three days after his arrest he pledged his allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State.
“I give my bay’ah (pledge) to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and I am committed to being a soldier for the Islamic State,” he told CBS4 Investigator Rick Sallinger.
Cummings would not say if he committed the murder.
“On the night in question, what I did do, I didn’t do that for the Islamic State. I did that purely and solely for the pleasure of Allah,” Cummings said. (source)