Man shot dead by airport police in Ohio had knives taped to his legs and may have been plotting to hijack a plane, police say

• Hashim Hanif Ibn Abdul-Rasheed had knives, a gas mask, other masks, computers, cameras and cell phones in his illegally-parked SUV, police say
• He taped two knives to his legs and tried to buy ticket with a woman's ID
• Columbus officers confronted him as he returned to car from the ticket desk
• They fired multiple shots after he advanced with a knife on January 7

By Associated Press

A man fatally shot by police outside an airport had two knives taped to the insides of his legs and his behavior was 'consistent with someone who intended to hijack an aircraft,' a detective's court filing says.

Hashim Hanif Ibn Abdul-Rasheed had two 'lock-blade style' knives beneath his trousers and tried to buy an airline ticket using a woman's ID, according to the counterterrorism unit in Columbus, Ohio.

Further investigation found he had more knives, a gas mask, other masks, computers, cameras and cellphones in his illegally parked SUV, the statement said.

The statement was filed this week as investigators got a search warrant to review data on a cellphone linked to the case.

Police said airport officers confronted Abdul-Rasheed after he returned to the vehicle outside Port Columbus International Airport on January 7.

They repeatedly fired at him after he moved toward one officer with a knife.

The local police union leader said a bomb squad also found containers of frozen urine in the vehicle, an unexplained twist not mentioned in the detective's court filing.

Abdul-Rasheed, of suburban Columbus, had a court-documented history of mental illness.

After he tried to kill his mother in 1999, a court found him not guilty by reason of insanity and determined he was mentally ill and subject to involuntary hospitalization, Cuyahoga County court records show.

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