Man Pleads Guilty to Plotting US Terrorism Attacks

Sullivan said in court that he planned shootings in North Carolina and Virginia that would cause mass casualties, U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose said. He also said he had "frequent and direct communications" with Junaid Hussain, an Islamic State member who asked him to make a video of the attack, she said. Hussain, who was responsible for online recruitment and providing inspiration for attacks in Western countries, began conspiring with Sullivan by June 2015, the release said. Hussain was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Syria in August 2015.