The mosque also provided Williams with a cellphone and a laptop to help him find a job, but the members made clear he would have to abandon ISIS if he wanted their help, according to the complaint. Federal investigators said the mosque had been looking after Williams for more than a year 'as an act of charity' in an attempt to de-radicalize him - helping him with a place to live, food and tuition for a semester of college. Last November, a member of a Seattle-area mosque contacted the FBI to report concerns about Williams. MORE: At least 1 American evacuated from Mozambique as ISIS-linked rebels seize coastal town She also told the agents that her son had said he wanted to move to Syria or Iraq to fight for the jihadist group, according to the complaint unsealed Tuesday. Administrators at his high school contacted the FBI in 2017 to report that Williams was telling others he wanted to join ISIS and that the deadly terrorist attack on an Ariana Grande concern in England was justified because the singer dressed provocatively, according to the complaint.Īt the time, Williams' mother told FBI agents that he had been kicked off social media for terms of service violations related to pro-ISIS posts and that she had cut off the internet service at their home to keep him from accessing extremist websites and social media accounts. Williams, whom federal prosecutors described as 'self-radicalized,' first came to the FBI's attention when he was 16. Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams is pictured in images that were included in a criminal complaint filed on May 28, 2021, with the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle.

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