Car ramming at LA power station probed as ‘terrorism-related’ plot

Nevada officials announced Friday that authorities are investigating a car-ramming incident as a “terrorism-related event.”

New York resident Dawson Maloney, 23, is accused of ramming his vehicle into a power substation owned by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, near Boulder, Nevada. Maloney drove cross-country before crashing through the substation’s security gate, according to investigators. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s counterterrorism team discovered him dead at the scene from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The FBI is leading the investigation into the incident.