Suspect tells police he killed Tampa Palms roommates for disrespecting his Muslim faith

Tampa Bay Times ^ | May 22, 2017 | Staff

[Brandonmark]

TAMPA — A man accused of shooting his roommates in a New Tampa apartment told police he shared neo-Nazi beliefs with the two men until he converted to Islam then killed them because they disrespected his faith.

Devon Arthurs told investigators he shot Jeremy Himmelman, 22, and Andrew Oneschuk, 18, because he had become angry about the world's anti-Muslim sentiment and "wanted to bring attention to his cause," according to a Tampa Police Department report obtained Monday by the Tampa Bay Times.

The report provides chilling new details about the shooting in the Hamptons at Tampa Palms complex and the hostage situation that unfolded afterward at the nearby Green Planet Smoke Shop.

[Brandonmark]

Devon Arthurs, 18, of Tampa told police he shared neo-Nazi beliefs with his roommates, Jeremy Himmelman and Andrew Oneschuk, until he converted to Islam and shot them because they disrespected his faith.

[TexasGator]

“Devon Arthurs told investigators he shot Jeremy Himmelman, 22, and Andrew Oneschuk, 18, because he had become angry about the world’s anti-Muslim sentiment “

Good way to improve relations ...

[DoughtyOne]

Ahum... where did he get the idea that’s what you do to non-believers?

Someone is teaching these folks some pretty strange beliefs.

Who might that be?

Should that person be arrested as an accessory to the crime?

[JudyinCanada]

....proving that the disrespect toward said faith was completely justified.

[Joe Miner]

If you have a Muslime friend best they are at room temperature before you are.

[Telepathic Intruder]

[Impala64ssa]

Let’s see how CAIR’S Tampa chapter spins this.

[Lurkinanloomin]

It wasn’t his Imam or the Koran or hadiths, they say to cut the off the heads of infidels, not shoot them.

[House Atreides]

I didn’t see any such statement in actual quotes in the article. I’m waiting for more reporting until I believe that his roommates were “neo-Nazis”.

[Red Badger]

[Fiddlstix]

[SoFloFreeper]

Ignored by Miami media!

The same #FAKENEWS in Miami that will travel to every "Islamic center" in the state of Florida if it is spray painted and report it as a "hate crime".

[DoughtyOne]

Well, if you don’t have a saber handy, I guess you have to improvise. Infidels die!

[SkyDancer]

The mussie cause is to kill every man, woman, and child infidels; sometimes in the most horrific manner imaginable.

[GraceG]

[ Devon Arthurs told investigators he shot Jeremy Himmelman, 22, and Andrew Oneschuk, 18, because he had become angry about the world's anti-Muslim sentiment and "wanted to bring attention to his cause," ]

[Trillian]

He wanted to bring attention to his cause? The killing of more people?

[ilovesarah2012]

“neo-nazi” - anyone not a liberal.

[Little Ray]

Sounds like scum killing scum at no net loss to society.
Hang him for clean sweep. Civilization wins.

[Gene Eric]

Islam is a war plan.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

This is the former Nazi who converted to Islam. I guess he just hasn't found himself yet.