The questioned some Imams in the area, none of them knew him. The mayor said this doesn't have anything to do with the Islamic faith.
Well take the news straight from the liberal CNN.
(CNN)At a crosswalk in Philadelphia, a man dressed in a long white mantle stormed Officer Jesse Hartnett's squad car and unloaded a gun at him.
Edward Archer, 30, would tell police later that he attacked for ISIS. And Hartnett's bravery in the face of mortal danger would ensure the suspect didn't get away.
The shooter was firing as he approached Hartnett's car on foot late Thursday. Surveillance camera footage shows him continuing to fire as he reached inside the lowered driver's side window.
"He was trying to assassinate this police officer," police Commissioner Richard Ross said.
"I follow Allah. I pledge my allegiance to the Islamic State and that's why I did what I did," Archer said, according to Clark.
"He believed that the police defend laws that are contrary to the teachings of the Quran," Commissioner Ross said.
Archer, who is from Yeadon, a Philadelphia suburb, traveled to Saudi Arabia in 2011 and Egypt in 2012, FBI Special Agent Eric Ruona said.
Travel to Saudi Arabia is normal for Muslims who are required once in their lifetimes to complete the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
Investigators do not know if Archer had any connections to ISIS or other terrorists.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/09/us/philadelphia-police-officer-shot/
Not sure why my post was deleted after all the bashing of Christians I read in here.