Updates from Facebook (thanks Papa Whiskey):
Two subjects opened fire on a Garland Police officer. The two subjects who shot at the officer have been killed. The Muhammad Art Exhibit was going on at the time.
There are multiple reports that two explosives have been placed in the area of Curtis Caldwell Center. Businesses in the area have been evacuated. FBI Bomb Squad, Garland SWAT, and Rowlett SWAT are on location.
A law enforcement source confirms to me that two Middle Eastern men opened fire with semi-automatic weapons. At least one of the suspects had a hand grenade.
New tweet from WFAA-TV reporter:
“Overhearing Officer. ‘This was a direct attack, they (suspects) were ready to go.’”
Further update: People are filing back into the room, more than an hour later.
Update: More information here. More also at Breitbart (thanks, Vlad).
This is the live stream for Pamela Geller’s event in Texas. Shots fired outside the venue, possible explosives, police injured, suspects injured.
They’re locked down, moving to a more secure location in the building:
This is going to be a defining moment in the counter-jihad movement. The Western right will now have this moment as definitive proof that Muslims know that Robert Spencer speaks the truth about Islam.
Geert Wilders was there, according to the UK Daily Mail.
Gawker has picked up on this.
http://gawker.com/three-people-shot-outside-mohammed-cartoon-contest-in-t-1701927492
The comments coming in are interesting; more sympathetic than would have been the case a year ago. Be sure to click the “Show Pending” button at the top right of the comment section to view all the comments
Report: 2 jihadists shot dead before they could kill an Infidel.
obama in mourning; vows to renew push for gun control.
If you think I’m fantasizing, just remember that he declared that the future must not belong to those who insult the profit mohammed.
I’m 71. I have no future. Stuff the profit.
The future WILL belong to those who insult the pedophile psychopath false prophet of Islam!
What the future will not belong to is backward barbaric evil cult of Islam.