A suspect accused of shooting an Indiana police officer wrote a song containing lyrics saying he would kill police officers should he ever be caught by one of them, investigators said Monday.
Carl Boards II has been charged with murder, two counts of revisiting law enforcement, and serious violent felon in possession of a firearm after officer Noah Shahnavaz was shot in the head early Sunday morning when he stopped Boards’s car, according to court documents reviewed by WTTV. A man who lives above the barbershop Boards owns in Marion, Indiana, said the suspect “made a recorded song making statements that if he was ever caught by police that he would kill them,” Richard Clay of the Indiana State Police said in a court filing, according to CBS News.
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The neighbor also said Boards mentioned he was a member of the Black Hebrew Israelites, a group that includes “outspoken anti-Semites and racists,” according to the Anti-Defamation League. Inside the barbershop, police found a loaded high-capacity magazine and fliers and pamphlets that appeared to be consistent with the Black Hebrew Israelite philosophy, court documents showed.
Police tried to get a statement from Boards, but he did not wish to provide one, the document stated.
Shahnavaz’s weapon was still in its holster when police arrived at the scene, a court document read. He was flown to an Indianapolis hospital where he was pronounced dead of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the document.
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The officer served in the U.S. Army for five years before joining the police force about a year ago. He served with the 591st Military Police Company out of Fort Bliss, Texas.
The Indiana State Police has not yet responded to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
