"It just is shocking...everyone is dumbfounded."
Samy Mohamed Hamzeh didn't seem to reveal the kind of behavioral pattern or thought processes which a criminal complaint alleges that he did, which led to his arrest on suspicion he was planning a terrorist attack on Milwaukee.
Matt, a guy who says he worked with Hamzeh at a local company said he didn't see any reason to believe he had motivations or plans for such an attack.
"He was a friendly guy. It's crazy. That's all I have to say about it....fricking crazy. I would never expect that to come from him," said Matt on "Wisconsin's Afternoon News."
"I worked with him for the last two or three years. I saw nothing like this out of this guy."
Matt said Hamzeh was interested in guns, but did not have any sort of anti-American sentiment in discussions.
"He always stood by his country. He would always talk about how he would love his country. He said he liked being here. I never saw any of this coming."
Some of the language Hamzeh gave in alleged recordings of his plans seem to reveal anti-Masonic beliefs, leading to his reported plan to attack a Milwaukee Masonic lodge.
Hamzeh was fired recently from a job he worked at a local gym.
