05-03-2015, 06:31 PM
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3 people shot at "Draw Mohammad" event in Texas (1 cop included)
Only in Texas... I mean really what could go wrong.
Shots fired at controversial art event in Texas - CBS News
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GARLAND, Tex. -- At least three people were shot, including a police officer at a controversial event Sunday evening in Texas, reports CBS Dallas.
The shooting happened just after 7 p.m. outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Tex., police said. The conditions of the two victims were unclear. About 200 people were at the venue.
SWAT inside confirms one officer shot & transported, 2 suspects shot, possible explosives outside pic.twitter.com/QKZpOQjXFz
— Gabriel Roxas (@cbs11gabriel) May 4, 2015
The event, billed as "Draw the Prophet" was an art exhibit of depictions of the Muslim prophet Muhammad organized by the New York-based American Freedom Defense Initiative at the Curtis Culwell Center.
An officer dressed in SWAT gear took the stage toward the end of the event at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland and told attendees, including an Associated Press reporter, that a shooting had occurred. He said one officer and two suspects were shot. The center was locked down with people inside.
According to police, two unidentified men got out of a vehicle and started shooting at a Garland schools security officer outside the center, wounding him. Garland police officers shot back at the two men, killing them.
The school officer was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover.
However, the vehicle the two men drove up in was being considered a hazardous device and a bomb squad was being called in to inspect it once the center was evacuated.
The AFDI, co-founded by controversial anti-Muslim activist Pamela Gellar, was hosting a contest that would award $10,000 for the best cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad at the venue, which is the same place she led a protest march outside a Muslim conference in January.
Depictions of Muhammad are considered highly offensive among Muslims and has drawn violent protest in other parts of the world.
Gellar herself tweeted on the incident shortly after it happened, but there is no confirmation yet that there were explosives.
Cop shot, 2 suspects shot - possible explosives at our free speech event #freespeech #afdi #jihad
— Pamela Geller (@PamelaGeller) May 4, 2015
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