Officer and Two Suspects Down

[The Cow Exploder]

Officer and Two Suspects Down in Gunfight at Islamic Cartoon Contest in Texas, Possible Explosives Found

GARLAND, Texas — Armed police officers rushed in to the Mohammed Art Exhibit and Contest and quickly removed Pamela Geller and whisked her away to safety after a gunfight erupted outside of the event. A law enforcement officer and two suspects are reportedly down, according to police on the scene. Three Breitbart Texas reporters are locked down inside of the event. The officers on the scene said that possible explosives were found. The extrication of Geller occurred during a live video interview with Breitbart Texas.

The attendees to the exhibit were forced into lockdown by police. Several officers entered to exhibit and informed the attendees that an officer was down, two suspects had been shot, and that possible explosives were found.

Breitbart Texas will update this post as more information becomes available. Most of the Breitbart Texas team is currently on lockdown inside of the event.

UPDATE: Suspects had two AK-47’s according to police on the scene. The officer has been transported to the hospital. The suspects are still on the ground at the scene. They are not moving and are not being touched at this time until a bomb squad checks out their bodies.

UPDATE, 8:45 PM: Police appeared to have escorted a few individuals through a conference room, and continue to patrol the perimeter.

UPDATE, 8:51 PM: A senior officer has said that the officer taken to the hospital will be OK, and that the two suspects will not be OK. The 100 people being held inside singing the Star-Spangled Banner to comfort themselves.

UPDATE, 8:59 PM: Police have the area blocked off and have removed reporters for up to half a mile away. Helicopters are patrolling the skies and police are standing in the intersection, blocking the roads and are armed with M-16s.

UPDATE, 9:06 PM: A local NBC reporter says the two suspects are dead.

UPDATE, 9:14 PM: Garland Police have reportedly evacuated a nearby WalMart and are searching the car the suspects allegedly drove to the event.

UPDATE, 9:20 PM: The car may contain explosives, according to WFAA8:

Two men were shot and killed in a parking lot outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland Sunday afternoon, SWAT officials told News 8.

The two suspects drove up and opened fire on the center, which was hosting a Muhammad Art exhibit, and hit a Garland ISD officer.

That officer suffered non-life threatening injuries, according to a spokesman for Garland Police.

Police were searching the area for a vehicle that had explosives in it.

SWAT members were already at the scene for the art event.

Rowlett/Sachse Scanner reported on Facebook that a suspect was inside a nearby Walmart, off Garland Avenue and Naaman Forest Boulevard, with a hand grenade.

A 1,000-foot radius around the Walmart was shut down and the Academy Store was evacuated, according to that page.

 

[Ace_on_the_Turn]

Radical Muslims do not have a sense of humor. Mohammad cartoons? That's a shooting.

 

[GlockPride]

Aloha snack bar and as much friggin' pig's blood as they can handle. Feed 'Em fish Heads!

 

[Dale00]

Freedom of expression is not always inoffensive and not always safe.

 

[caojyn]

You chum the waters and then act surprised when sharks show

 

[yukonjack]

I love my Mohammad bobble head.

 

[Shootin 4 Fun]

Work place violence.

 

[Glocktogo]

You chum the waters and then act surprised when sharks show

Question is, why didn't they have snipers in place to take out the eventual sharks?

 

[yukonjack]

When does the looting & riots start?

 

[dennishoddy]

Looting for Mohammad sound like a pretty low risk endeavor. We just have to start in Dearborn Mi.