The “contest for cartoon depicting” of the Prophet Mohammed was shut down after two gunmen fired and wounded ISD security officer outside of the Curtis Culwell Center, where the event was taking place in Garland, Texas.
Both gunmen were killed by Garland Police, and in the coming days, I am sure that the will be found to have had ties to radical Islam.Here is what the City of Garland put out after the shooting (H/T The Blaze):
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Here is what Fox News posted:
Authorities said they were worried that the suspects’ car could contain an incendiary device. Several nearby businesses were evacuated as a precaution and a bomb squad was on the scene early Monday. Police had cordoned off a large area and at least three helicopters circled overhead.
The Garland Independent School District, which owns and operates the Culwell Center, identified the wounded security officer as Bruce Joiner. The district said in a statement that Joiner — who was shot in the ankle — was treated and released from a local hospital.The statement did not say whether the shooting was related to the event, a contest hosted by the New York-based American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) that would award $10,000 for the best cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
The bodies of the gunmen, who have not been identified, still lay where they fell early Monday because they were too close to the car to be removed before the scene was clear, according to Officer Joe Harn, a spokesman for the Garland Police Department.