While refusing to admit he murdered the victim, Cummings did describe his motive. “On the night in question, what I did do, I didn’t do that for the Islamic State. I did that purely and solely for the pleasure of Allah,” Cummings told CBS4.
“I give my bay’ah [loyalty oath] to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and I am committed to being a soldier for the Islamic State,” Cummings told CBS4.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the leader of the militant Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
Despite Cummings’ statements from jail, his admitted Islamic conversion and his sworn loyalty to the Islamic State, CBS4 refused to credit his motives. “What happened was a cold-blooded murder — a shot to the head — but the reason behind it is still unclear,”