American-born ISIS militant is killed in Syria: Married San Diego rapper, 33, became radicalized after chatting to jihadists online
An American man was reportedly killed over the weekend fighting for the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) in Syria, NBC News reports.
The
Free Syrian Army found the body of 33-year-old Douglas McAuthur McCain
after a fight with ISIS, with $800 cash in his pocket and an American
passport.
U.S. officials and family members further confirmed the basketball lover and rapper's death.
The San Diego native appears to have crossed into Syria a few months ago, according to posts on his personal Twitter.
Friends and family have now started posting on his Facebook, expressing condolences to his wife and daughter.
McCain
was born in southern California in January 1981, but eventually moved
with his family to the Twin Cities area of Minnesota where he attended
Robbinsdale Cooper High School in New Hope and played on the basketball
team.
Old friends at the mostly-white school described McCain as a carefree teen who wasn't very religious.
'He
was a goofball in high school,' a classmate told NBC. 'Doug was a fun
guy to be around. Played basketball, joked a lot, had a small sense of
humor. Got along with most … Wasn't the best athlete, but liked to
play.”
Another friend who would go to teen nights at the YMCA with McCain called him a 'good guy who loved his family and friend
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