Muslim student arrested after murdering neo-Nazi roommates for disrespecting his conversion to Islam
Devon Arthurs, 18, led Florida police to bodies of Jeremy Himmelman, 22, and Andrew Oneschuk, 18,revealing bomb-making materials and white supremacist propaganda owned by deceased
>Devon Arthurs, 18, told police he had until recently shared his roommates' neo-Nazi beliefs but that he converted to Islam, according to court documents and a statement the Tampa Police Department released Monday.
>“That's my roommate (Russell). He doesn't know what's going on and just found them like you guys did,” Arthurs told the police officers, according to the report.
>Federal agents arrested Russell, 21, on Saturday on charges related to the explosives.
>The FBI said Russell “admitted to his neo-Nazi beliefs” and said he was a member of a group called Atomwaffen, which is German for “atomic weapon.”
>Major Caitlin Brown, spokeswoman for the Florida National Guard, confirmed that Russell was a current member of the Florida National Guard. But she couldn't immediately provide any other information.
>Arthurs started the chain of events Friday when he held two customers and an employee hostage at gunpoint at a Tampa smoke shop, police said. He was complaining about the treatment of Muslims.
>“He further informed all three victims that he was upset due to America bombing his Muslim countries,” police Detective Kenneth Nightlinger wrote in his report.
>Officers talked Arthurs into letting the hostages go and dropping his weapon, and took him into custody.
>While in custody, police said Arthurs started talking about killing two people, and then he directed them to a condominium complex where the four roommates shared an apartment.
>“I had to do it,” Arthurs told police.
>Inside the apartment, the officers found the bodies of 22-year-old Jeremy Himmelman and 18-year-old Andrew Oneschuk. Both had been shot.
