Evidently the suspects had explosives on them.
Organizer Pamela Geller is live-tweeting:
Cop shot, 2 suspects shot – possible explosives at our free speech event #freespeech #afdi #jihad
— Pamela Geller (@PamelaGeller) May 4, 2015
#garlandshooting cop shot – two suspects dead, awaiting bomb squad for possible explosives at our free speech event #sharia
— Pamela Geller (@PamelaGeller) May 4, 2015
Details as the come out.
I’m going to go out on a limb and guess they weren’t Unitarians…
Update 1: SWAT team is evidently evacuating the conference center and taking people over to a local high school. Ambulances on scene.
#BREAKING Update from SWAT Team Leader. @wfaachannel8 pic.twitter.com/HoF5f4bF7U
— Jobin Panicker (@jobinpnews) May 4, 2015
ambulances lined up on Naaman Forest Blvd – @wfaachannel8 pic.twitter.com/3NvsdmjKwH
— David Goins (@dgoins) May 4, 2015
Update 2: Two Twitter feeds to follow for the story are Pamela Geller and WFAA reporter Jobin Panicker.
Ppl evacuated singing patriotic songs. @wfaachannel8 pic.twitter.com/8xOWS9isv1
— Jobin Panicker (@jobinpnews) May 4, 2015
Panicker conveys rumor the two dead suspects were carrying AK-47s. That rumor almost invariably pops up during these types of incidents, but 98% of the time its wrong. But they may have had other MSRs.
Update 3: A nearby Wal-Mart has been closed, and another suspect is reortedly inside with a hand grenade.
Update 4 Evidently SWAT team members were already on site for the exhibit before the shooting started, which shows considerable forward thinking on someone’s part.
Update 4: Reports of Garland ISD policeman also being treated for a non-life threatening gunshot wound:
UPDATE: A Garland ISD officer was also shot and has non-life threatening injuries http://t.co/PaWaw5ESyL
— WFAA TV (@wfaachannel8) May 4, 2015
Unclear whether this is an additional policeman, or if this is the policeman who was initially shot.
Update 5:
Two shot outside Muhammad Art Exhibit in Garland. #Garlandshooting #rednationrising #freedomofspeech #dkpol pic.twitter.com/b2AjcT9Hiq
— Jonas Christensen (@JonasChr88) May 4, 2015
Update 6:
The would-be terrorists in Garland fell for one of the classic blunders: Never assume that you’ve outgunned an art show in Texas.
— Daniel Foster (@DanFosterType) May 4, 2015
Update 7:
Garland PD say nearby Walmart evacuated as a precaution in case of explosives while they search suspects' car
MORE: http://t.co/Cfk5H2VnLi
— Breaking News Feed (@PzFeed) May 4, 2015
Probably more likely than the “third suspect with a grenade” scenario.
Update 8: Not seeing reports of an additional cop shot besides the Garland ISD officer, so I believe that is the only law enforcement officer hit.
Update 9:
Short statement from the city of Garland https://t.co/esZHlLP9GF pic.twitter.com/9z8enqOt1H
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) May 4, 2015
