They wore body armor. They carried assault rifles. And one had declared loyalty to ISIS.
A day after police killed two gunmen who tried to ambush a Garland, Texas, event featuring controversial cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed, details began to emerge about the shooters.
One suspect, identified as Elton Simpson by a federal law enforcement source, linked himself to ISIS in a tweet posted just before the attack.
He also was no stranger to federal investigators. In 2011, he was convicted of making a false statement involving international and domestic terrorism.
This article doesn't surprise me. Given that the shooter attacked due to the teasing that Mohammed was receiving, it seemed likely that he was Muslim and that he could've been linked to ISIS. I hope the truth is found out but I'm still glad that no one was hurt. This reminds me of the period after other terrorist attacks like 9/11 and the Boston Marathon Bombing where suspects were trying to be identified and linked.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/04/us/garland-mohammed-drawing-contest-shooting/index.html
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