Author Topic: Inside the suburban apartment shared by Texas terror gunmen as it's revealed convicted jihadi suspect boasted about attack online in chilling tweets to ISIS pals  (Read 231 times)

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    Elton Simpson, 30, and his roommate Nadir Soofi, 34, were gunned down after shooting a guard in the leg outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas on Sunday evening
    Neighbors at apartment complex where both shared ground-floor unit were woken up by Swat teams
    Police feared apartment was booby-trapped with explosives and spent hours making sure there was no threat
    Simpson was convicted of lying to federal agents about traveling to Africa five years ago - but a judge ruled it could not be proved that he was going to join a terror group
    The American Freedom Defense Initiative event had offered a $10,000 prize for the best caricature of the prophet; local residents had expressed their concerns about the event but organizers said they were exercising free speech
    The security guard who was shot, Bruce Joiner, was taken to hospital in stable condition and has been released