The FBI and local police said at a news conference Saturday night that three hostages who were held in a Colleyville synagogue for nearly 11 hours are unharmed and the hostage-taker is dead after a hostage rescue team breached the building. Authorities said the hostage-taker was killed in a shooting but did not answer a question about whether he was shot by law enforcement or if the gunshot was self-inflicted. The man claimed to have explosives, according to statements he made on livestreamed video, but police have not commented on whether any weapons were found. Exclusive video taken by WFAA-TV photographer Josh Stephen shows at least some of the hostages running out of a door at the synagogue just before FBI agents enter the building. The footage, shot just before 9:15 p.m., shows a man who appears to be holding a gun following the hostages as they escape, then almost immediately going back inside.
Officials said the rescued hostages are being interviewed by the FBI and will be reunited with their families as soon as possible. Authorities did not release the name of the hostage-taker or the ages of the hostages, but did confirm they were all adults. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted about 9:30 p.m. that all hostages, including the congregation’s rabbi, were safe and out of the synagogue after a loud bang and gunfire were heard.
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How did the hostage situation end?
As the standoff dragged on into the nighttime hours, Colleyville Police Chief Michael Miller said that the FBI called in a special rescue team to help bring the situation to a close.
“The FBI called out the hostage rescue team, which is an elite hostage rescue force out of Quantico, Virginia,” Miller said. “They immediately got on a plane and flew down here. I think they brought 60 or 70 people from Washington, D.C. to come and help with the situation.”
The hostage rescue team then “breached the synagogue” and rescued the three remaining hostages, Miller added. Among them was believed to be the synagogue’s rabbi, Charlie Cytron-Walker.
FBI “Officials and Authorities” say………. We know nothingk…We see nothingk.
(In the voice of Sergeant Schultz from Hogan’s Heros) What a bunch of incompetent boobs
The hostage taker is dead. Good!
None of the hostages are physically hurt. Best!
the terrorist is un-named. Also good. Keep it that way. Don’t give him any additional notoriety.
Being now dead, may he enjoy the “loving” ministrations of The Seven Barbed C++ks of Satan.
To the clergy of the synagogue….keep the bullet holes and blood stains, as a warning to all future terrorists, “see what happened to him? happen to you too.”
And allow/authorize/encourage open and concealed carry among the clergy and congregation, to prevent future terrorist incidents.
Another FBI black op?
They finagled some retard to take hostages at a Synagogue so they could perform a rescue to claim that they aren’t anti-Semites?
Sorry – once caught in a lie – always a liar – and the FBI’s been caught more than once.
mortem tyrannis
izlamo delenda est …
And about the FiBbIes becoming involved….
I have to wonder if they didn’t set this situation up from the get-go as a way to step in and make themselves look good. It’s just a fortuitous happenstance that none of the hostages were killed.
I’ll bet he wasn’t on the school parents terror list . 70 against 1
Jackass Joe has now managed to piss off the Jews, the Chinese, the Japanese, the Hispanics, and most White men (who understand they are men) and still this demented, angry, crooked old bastard has zero clues!
“Authorities did not release the name of the hostage-taker…..”
Say it with me class,
“Mohamed”
Probably scanning the internet to make sure the Hostage-Taker was not a recent addition to America from Shit-Hole-Istan, or the “Tamale-Band” from the Southern Shit-Holes.
A martyr without other casualties. Yay. The best kind.
RE: PETDR SAH NBWDVES
Keeping the bullet holes in place isn’t a bad idea
In addition I would say, keep the towel too
Slated for memory-holing in 3… 2… 1…
He’s dead. Good. He is now a good muslim.
We are out of his misery now.
TRF, takes an expert jackass to know a jackass,
Sad to see; in TX of all places, the attendees weren’t armed to the teeth & took care of their problem without the Feds.
Fibbies will turn a misunderstanding into a deadly siege, as we’ve seen.
Also in Texas.
The FBI says it wasn’t related to the Jewish community and they’re trying to find the motive.
Why, in the first place, was he even in the United States.
For that matter, why was his convicted terrorist sister, given a student visa in 1990 and ultimately a Ph.D. from MIT.
RE; JANITOR
Because Democrats
Ha! We have had family gatherings with more yelling and gunfire than what was in that video!
Fuck that un named bullshit. If this was Bruce Smith, the white guy from around the corner, his face would be above the fold for the next month. It’s obviously a dark skinned moslim.
Why else was the FBI called? Plug yourself in for goodness sakes.
The FBI arrived too late to save the hostage-taker from the locals. The DOJ would have just released him in a day or two, this saves paper work and embarrassing questions on why he was released.
TRF, based on her comment, I believe “Anonymous” is jen psaki.
@banjobill, maybe your memory is a little off. George H. Bush was President, remember him invading Iraq, his failed Desert Storm. That would be Republican administration that gave them their visas. After George H. came one of the greatest American Presidents ever.
Any Jewish congregation that is not highly armed and secure is asking for it.
Bet this particular liberal Jewish synagogue is educated now.
Glad this resolved the way it did but it does seem something is amiss with the initial FBI weirdness and statement.
Why would a team need to be flown in when TX law enforcement could have easily done the rescue?
It’s all very strange. Maybe a false flag that went sideways abd the FBU was eager to cover it up?
I would not put anything past our fully corrupt DOJ/FBI/ATF at this point.
Malik Faisal Akram … must be related to theroyal family… of Saudi Arabia. Here on the Biteme Shitholeistani exchange program we have via England
Cisco Kid,
100% right. Half my family is Jewish.
The odd time I go to the Synagogue I always have a Spyderco with me. (in case I have to cut some salami or Prosciutto – I’m Italian & always hungry)
Remember we are disarmed in Canuckistan, except for Criminals.
Bob M – Malik Faisal Akram – I am shocked and cannot imagine what may have caused him to do this. It is a complete mystery.