Berlin Christmas Market terrorist Amis Amri killed by HERO police trainee in Milan, had previously sworn allegiance to ISIS

Amis Amri was shot by police trainee in Milan.

Terrorist Amis Amri was shot and killed by an Italian police trainee in Milan on Friday. The incident ends a massive international manhunt for the suspect who drove a big rig truck into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12 and injuring 38 others.

LOS ANGELES, CA (California Network) -- Italian Police have killed Amis Amri, who enjoyed a brief spree as the most wanted man in Europe. The end of his run came on a street in Milan where officers stopped him as a burglary suspect. When they attempted to question him, he pulled a pistol and shot one officer in the shoulder. Another officer, Luca Scata, returned fire killing him. Scata is a police trainee. He is being hailed as a hero this morning.

Italian officials have released a photograph of Amri, who obviously traveled across the border without detection, despite being the most wanted man in all Europe. Had he not been stopped for questioning in an unrelated crime in Milan, it is possible he could have survived to carry out another attack. Officials are now working to determine what route he took to Milan. They have evidence that suggests traveled to Milan via Chambery, France, and Turin Italy.

Amri began his spree on Monday when he hijacked a big rig in Berlin, registered to a Polish trucking company. He shot the driver to death, then drove the rig into a crowded market in Berlin. A dozen people were killed and 48 others injured. He escaped from the scene without being followed, which left his identity a mystery.

However, the amateur terrorist also left his identification papers in the footwell of the truck. This may have been intentional. For two days however, police followed the wrong lead, arresting a Pakistani national for the crime. That man was released as soon a police recognized their error.

For its part, the Islamic State has claimed Amri as one of its own and released a video of him swearing allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdafi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State. The video still needs to be verified, but officials say it is probably authentic.

Amri was a refugee from Tunisia who had been in frequent trouble with the law. In Tunisia, he was convicted of crimes in absentia, in Italy he burned down a school, which resulted in a four year prison sentence, which he served. He was eventually admitted into Germany for asylum, where German officials struggled to have him deported. He was arrested three times in Germany and placed under surveillance. The surveillance ended in September.

Amri was due to be deported pending the arrival of paperwork from Tunisia, but those papers arrived two days after his attack in Berlin.

The terrorist attack is sure to raise questions about European immigration and refugee policies. Millions of Muslims have immigrated to Europe, fleeing oppression and war in their home countries. The influx has sparked questions of how these people should be treated and if they should be allowed in at all. Several crimes have been committed by both Muslims and nationalists as tensions flare.

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