Man With Loaded Ak 47 Arrested Outside Iranian Journalist S Home In Brooklyn

Alinejad said she was home Thursday when federal agents notified her about the gunman. “I was told by the FBI to stay away from your house,” Alinejad told CNN by phone Sunday. “I was shocked. I couldn’t even believe it. I was saying to myself, ‘if I opened the door, what would I do?’ NYPD officers arrested Khalid Mehdiyev Thursday afternoon as he fled a Brooklyn neighborhood after failing to stop at a stop sign, according to a federal criminal complaint obtained by CNN. He also said NYPD officers found he was driving without a valid license. Law enforcement officials later found a suitcase in the back seat of his vehicle containing an AK-47 assault rifle, loaded with one round in the chamber, an additional second magazine and $1,100 in $100 bills, according to the complaint. He is charged with possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Mehdiyev is due back in court on August 12. CNN reached out to his attorney, Stephanie Marie Carvlin, for comment, but has not heard back. Law enforcement officials say they saw Mehdiyev, a Yonkers resident, in the Brooklyn neighborhood twice last week, Wednesday and Thursday, and also discovered he had been issued a parking ticket in the same neighborhood the previous weekend, July 23. according to the complaint. On Thursday morning, Mehdiyev drove a gray Subaru Forester SUV with Illinois plates and remained in the area for several hours where he “behaved suspiciously,” the complaint states. In one instance, Mehdiyev got in and out of his car several times, ordered a food delivery service in his car and approached a house in the neighborhood — where Alinejad lives — looking in the windows and trying to open the front door, according to with the complaint. Alinejad says she was on a Zoom call with Human Rights Foundation President Garry Kasparov and Venezuelan politician and opposition leader Leopoldo López when she learned about the gunman. “I’m glad my friend @Alinejad Masih is safe and sound and that the police acted competently against a deadly situation,” Kasparov wrote from his verified account on Sunday. The activist shared a security video on her official Twitter account of the man she says federal agents told her was the same man arrested by police on Thursday. “This is the terrifying footage of a man who tried to enter my home in New York with a loaded gun to kill me,” he tweeted, though no gun is visible in the image. “Last year the FBI stopped the Islamic Republic from kidnapping me. My crime is giving a voice to voiceless people. The US government must be tough on terror.” Alinejad says she has been speaking monthly with federal agents since the alleged kidnapping attempt last year. “I really thought the plot was over. I thought, ‘OK, I can focus on my work’ — which I’m going to do, nothing’s going to stop me,” he said. “I see this as a continuation of the effort to keep Iranian women down,” the activist told CNN. Alinejad, who often shares photos and videos of “voiceless” Iranian women through her social media accounts, says Iranian officials recently warned her about continuing her activism. A spokesman for Iran’s Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Violence announced in July that anyone who sends Alinejad videos about the hijab or commits other anti-government activities faces up to 10 years in prison. “It’s the 21st century: Enough is enough,” Alinejad said. “I left my country, Iran, to be safe, to be the voice of voiceless people. This is my crime. I want to enjoy freedom of expression as an American.” CNN’s Liam Rielly contributed to this report.

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Alinejad said she was home Thursday when federal agents notified her about the gunman. “I was told by the FBI to stay away from your house,” Alinejad told CNN by phone Sunday. “I was shocked. I couldn’t even believe it. I was saying to myself, ‘if I opened the door, what would I do?’ NYPD officers arrested Khalid Mehdiyev Thursday afternoon as he fled a Brooklyn neighborhood after failing to stop at a stop sign, according to a federal criminal complaint obtained by CNN. He also said NYPD officers found he was driving without a valid license. Law enforcement officials later found a suitcase in the back seat of his vehicle containing an AK-47 assault rifle, loaded with one round in the chamber, an additional second magazine and $1,100 in $100 bills, according to the complaint. He is charged with possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Mehdiyev is due back in court on August 12. CNN reached out to his attorney, Stephanie Marie Carvlin, for comment, but has not heard back. Law enforcement officials say they saw Mehdiyev, a Yonkers resident, in the Brooklyn neighborhood twice last week, Wednesday and Thursday, and also discovered he had been issued a parking ticket in the same neighborhood the previous weekend, July 23. according to the complaint. On Thursday morning, Mehdiyev drove a gray Subaru Forester SUV with Illinois plates and remained in the area for several hours where he “behaved suspiciously,” the complaint states. In one instance, Mehdiyev got in and out of his car several times, ordered a food delivery service in his car and approached a house in the neighborhood — where Alinejad lives — looking in the windows and trying to open the front door, according to with the complaint. Alinejad says she was on a Zoom call with Human Rights Foundation President Garry Kasparov and Venezuelan politician and opposition leader Leopoldo López when she learned about the gunman. “I’m glad my friend @Alinejad Masih is safe and sound and that the police acted competently against a deadly situation,” Kasparov wrote from his verified account on Sunday. The activist shared a security video on her official Twitter account of the man she says federal agents told her was the same man arrested by police on Thursday. “This is the terrifying footage of a man who tried to enter my home in New York with a loaded gun to kill me,” he tweeted, though no gun is visible in the image. “Last year the FBI stopped the Islamic Republic from kidnapping me. My crime is giving a voice to voiceless people. The US government must be tough on terror.” Alinejad says she has been speaking monthly with federal agents since the alleged kidnapping attempt last year. “I really thought the plot was over. I thought, ‘OK, I can focus on my work’ — which I’m going to do, nothing’s going to stop me,” he said. “I see this as a continuation of the effort to keep Iranian women down,” the activist told CNN. Alinejad, who often shares photos and videos of “voiceless” Iranian women through her social media accounts, says Iranian officials recently warned her about continuing her activism. A spokesman for Iran’s Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Violence announced in July that anyone who sends Alinejad videos about the hijab or commits other anti-government activities faces up to 10 years in prison. “It’s the 21st century: Enough is enough,” Alinejad said. “I left my country, Iran, to be safe, to be the voice of voiceless people. This is my crime. I want to enjoy freedom of expression as an American.” CNN’s Liam Rielly contributed to this report.