Breaking (5/3/15): Gunfire Reported At Anti-Islam Event At Garland ISD Facility (TX)

[Ryan Ruck]

Walid Phares on FNC now comparing this directly to the Copenhagen and Charlie Hebdo attacks.

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UPDATE, 11:09 PM: ISIS has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the Rowlett/Sachse Scanner:

UPDATE ON THE POLICE INCIDENT:

Officers are advising the scene is NOT safe. It is believed that explosive(s) have been placed near the Curtis Culwell Center. FBI Bomb

Squad, Garland Police, Garland SWAT, Rowlett Police, Rowlett SWAT, and Texas State Troopers are on scene.

There is a huge perimeter set. No one gets in and no one gets out.

ISIS is taking responsibility for this attack.

UPDATE, 10:59 PM: Attendees were just informed by police that the FBI would be coming to interview them all, prior to law enforcement letting them go.

[Ryan Ruck]

They've got a 3rd robot up to the suspects' car now:



Missing tire one is upper left. Tipped over one is in front of the car. New one is near the driver's door.

[Ryan Ruck]

4th robot going up now.

Garland PD PIO giving a briefing to the press right now.

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https://twitter.com/geertwilderspvv/...655937/photo/1



Picture taken just before #garlandshooting . Thank God the heroes of SWAT-team prevented the worst.




Great job Garland SWAT! First CONUS ISIS kill!

[Ryan Ruck]

The hand wringing talking head Kelly Wright on FNC asking Pam Geller if she really needed to have this type of an event knowing that it could result in this type of response.

Pam handled it well telling him it's our right and that we shouldn't have to capitulate to savagery (her words).

[Ryan Ruck]

Can't wait to hear Obama's comments on this.

[Ryan Ruck]

Now Kelly Wright asking Walid Phares if Pam Geller could have found "another way to express freedom of speech, as well as freedom of religion for that matter, without being as controversial. Perhaps bringing Christians and Muslims together to talk and dialog on their differences to find some common ground."



Judging from the picture I posted earlier, it looks like the 2 MUSLIM terrorists found plenty of common ground, right next to their car with holes in them.

Honestly, do pants wetters like Kelly even realize the words coming out of their mouths?

This is akin to saying, "She was just asking to get raped wearing that short dress."

[Ryan Ruck]

Casey Stegall on scene reporting, from what he described, a controlled detonation of some sort by police.

[Ryan Ruck]

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UPDATE, 1:02 AM: A loud boom could be heard as police used an EMP to detonate any possible bombs.
More from the Rowlett/Sachse Scanner:

The Bomb Squad unit is working to find out if there is in fact a bomb in the suspect vehicle.

The suspect vehicle is located near the side of Curtis Culwell Center. The bodies of the two shooting suspects have not been touched since the shooting
occurred because the bodies are close to the vehicle that possibly has the bomb in it.

The police agencies are taking extra precautions to ensure their safety and the publics safety.

The perimeter surrounding Curtis Culwell extends from Holford Rd, Naamon Forest Blvd, N Garland Ave, and to PGBT Service Rd.

It’s unknown at this time when the scene will be cleared.

You are asked to stay away from this area.

UPDATE, 12:52 AM:One of the suspects allegedly reached into his backpack before police shot him, according to the LA Times:

“He was shot in the leg, transported to the hospital and he’ll be fine,” Garland Mayor Douglas Athas told the Los Angeles Times.

One of the gunmen was shot “immediately” by Garland police, and the other was shot and killed when he reached for a backpack, leading police to fear the men may have brought explosives, Athas said.

UPDATE, 11:50 PM: An FBI joint terrorism task force is inside where the attendees are being kept.


UPDATE, 11:32 PM: The Rowlett/Sachse Scanner notes that the area is in LOCKDOWN.

UPDATE ON THE POLICE INCIDENT:

Officers are advising the scene is NOT safe. It is believed that explosive(s) have been placed near the Curtis Culwell Center. FBI Bomb Squad, Garland Police, Garland SWAT, Rowlett Police, Rowlett SWAT, and Texas State Troopers are on scene.

There is a huge perimeter set. No one gets in and no one gets out.

[Ryan Ruck]

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Word is Representative Louie Gohmert was at this event as well.

[Ryan Ruck]

Well, FNC dropping live coverage now...

Local Fox live feed: http://www.fox4news.com/category/264130/stream-1

[Ryan Ruck]

Garland PD PIO speaking on the live feed.

Bomb units still working on the car. Terrorist bodies still on the ground. Unknown how long screening the car will take.

[Ryan Ruck]

Don't know what type of guns the terrorists had, they will when they are able to safely approach the car/bodies.

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Extreme 'Free Speech' Group Refused To Cancel Provocative 'Muhammad Art Exhibit' Despite Protests - And Told The World They 'Know The Risks'

"Extreme free speech"

That's a new one on me!

[Ryan Ruck]

Okay, it's way too late for me. I'm hitting the sack. Catch you all tomorrow!

[Malsua]

What I want to know...WHERE DID THEY GET AN EMP? I realize the military has been working getting EMPs into the field to detonate IEDs...I didn't know they had a fully portable device and that it was now being deployed in the USA.

[Malsua]

Elton Simpson...sounds like a Prislam convert.

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Official: One of Garland, Texas Shooting Suspects ID'd

ne of the suspects in the shooting in Garland, Texas, late Sunday has been identified as Elton Simpson, an Arizona man who was previously the subject of a terror investigation, according to a senior FBI official. Overnight and today FBI agents and a bomb squad were at Simpson's home in an apartment complex in north Phoenix where a robot is believed to be conducting an initial search of the apartment.
Officials believe Simpson is the person who sent out several Twitter messages prior to the attack on Sunday, in the last one using the hashtag #TexasAttack about half an hour before the shooting.

2 Gunmen Killed Outside Community Center Hosting 'Draw the Prophet' Show

Local police said two suspects opened fire late Sunday outside a community center in Garland that was hosting an event displaying cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. One unarmed security guard was injured, but other security officers managed to fatally shoot both attackers before anyone else was hurt or killed.

Followers of ISIS had been sending messages about the event in Texas for more than a week, calling for attacks. One referenced January's Charlie Hebdo massacre in France and said it was time for "brothers" in the United States to do their part.
Simpson was well known to the FBI. Five years ago he was convicted for lying to federal agents about his plans to travel to Africa, but a judge ruled the government did not adequately prove he was going to join a terror group there.
As for the second suspect, the FBI is combing through files on all of Simpson's known associates in Phoenix and elsewhere, but so far there has been no word on the accomplice's identity.
ABC News' Alexander Hosenball and Cho Park contributed to this report.