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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: flowers on May 05, 2015, 04:28:06 pm
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3068152/Inside-suburban-apartment-shared-Texas-terror-suspects-s-revealed-convicted-jihadi-suspect-boasted-attack-online-ISIS-pals.html
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