The suspect who was fatally shot yesterday at Port Columbus by police has been identified. Columbus Police say hes 41 year old Hashim Hanif Ibn Abdul-Rasheed. The shooting is still under investigation. Court records show Abdul-Rasheed had a history of mental illness. In 2000, he was charged with attempted manslaughter but found not guilty by reason of insanity. He spent time in a psychiatric ward and nearly a dozen years under court supervision. A Columbus police spokesman says Abdul-Rasheed tried to buy an airline ticket using a fake ID and then lunged at an airport police officer with a knife before he was fatally shot by at least two officers. The confrontation outside came after the officer called a tow truck for the man's vehicle, which he left illegally parked in the departures area. Two officers, including one in civilian clothes, fired at the man. A police spokesperson didn't know why the man was trying to buy a ticket but said there were no indications that terrorism was involved.
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