05-04-2015, 05:39 PM
Unbelievable. A cop with a pistol shoots and kills two heavenly armed terrorists who were wearing body armor.
Wow, If not for this single police offer I believe several innocent people would have been murdered.
GARLAND, Texas — Two Phoenix roommates armed with assault rifles and poised to storm an event featuring cartoons of the prophet Mohammed were fatally shot by a traffic cop who probably saved many lives, police said Monday.
One of the attackers had been convicted of terrorism-related charges in 2011 after telling an FBI informant he wanted to kill non-Muslims. Police spokesman Joe Harn said the officer who killed both attackers was a traffic officer who "did what he was trained to do."
Harn said, "Under the fire he was put under, he did a very good job and probably saved lives. We think their strategy was to get into the event center, but they were not able to get past the outer perimeter."
The Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest at the Curtis Culwell Center, outside Dallas, was coming to a close Sunday night when the suspects drove up to a parking lot entrance blocked by a patrol car. Wearing body armor, the suspects got out of their car and started shooting with assault rifles, Harn said.
A security guard, who was not armed, was shot in the leg. The police officer who was with him then fatally shot both suspects with his duty pistol, Harn said.
The security officer, a Garland Independent School District employee, was identified as Bruce Joiner. He was treated at a hospital and released.
Wow, If not for this single police offer I believe several innocent people would have been murdered.
GARLAND, Texas — Two Phoenix roommates armed with assault rifles and poised to storm an event featuring cartoons of the prophet Mohammed were fatally shot by a traffic cop who probably saved many lives, police said Monday.
One of the attackers had been convicted of terrorism-related charges in 2011 after telling an FBI informant he wanted to kill non-Muslims. Police spokesman Joe Harn said the officer who killed both attackers was a traffic officer who "did what he was trained to do."
Harn said, "Under the fire he was put under, he did a very good job and probably saved lives. We think their strategy was to get into the event center, but they were not able to get past the outer perimeter."
The Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest at the Curtis Culwell Center, outside Dallas, was coming to a close Sunday night when the suspects drove up to a parking lot entrance blocked by a patrol car. Wearing body armor, the suspects got out of their car and started shooting with assault rifles, Harn said.
A security guard, who was not armed, was shot in the leg. The police officer who was with him then fatally shot both suspects with his duty pistol, Harn said.
The security officer, a Garland Independent School District employee, was identified as Bruce Joiner. He was treated at a hospital and released.