The suspect was vacillating between different languages and “screaming hysterically,” she said. Per CNN:Ĭongregation member Stacey Silverman described watching the livestream for more than an hour, listening to the suspect ranting, sometimes switching between saying “I’m not a criminal” to being apologetic about the situation. The suspect could also periodically be heard speaking with negotiators over the phone. In the sometimes-inaudible audio from the livestream, which did not show what was happening in the synagogue, an angry man could be heard ranting about various subjects, including dying, not liking the police, and religion. The service, which began at 10 a.m., was being livestreamed on Facebook. Hostage negotiators spoke with Akram, who said he had both firearms and explosives, repeatedly throughout the day. Roughly 200 local, state, and federal law-enforcement officers ultimately arrived on the scene, and residents in the surrounding neighborhood were evacuated. During the Sabbath morning service on Saturday at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, an armed man - later identified as Malik Faisal Akram - entered the Reform synagogue and took four men hostage at gunpoint, including Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker.Ĭolleyville police responded after receiving a call about the incident at 10:41 a.m.
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