![]() ![]() “We’ve been working closely with secure community networks in the Jewish Federation, and I want to continue to do that… throughout the country. We have been in contact already with multiple FBI leaguettes to Include Tel Aviv and London. Our investigation will have a global reach. We’ll continue to investigate his contacts. “We obviously are investigating, we’ll continue to investigate the hostage taker. “I do not have any information right now that indicates that this is part of any kind of ongoing threat,” DeSarno said. It’s very likely the situation would have ended very badly early on in the day if we’d not had professional consistent negotiation with the subject.”ĭeSarno added the law enforcement community remains convinced the incident was isolated and does not represent a larger threat to the Jewish community or other Texan residents, but they are planning to continue investigating. I’m also extremely proud of the team of negotiators, FBI agents, local police officers who worked all day long and engaged with the subject and likely saved the lives of the subjects just through their engagement. And they were successful, I’m very proud of that. In this case, we had a necessity for that. “Their mission is to conduct deliberate hostage rescues when necessary. “As Chief Miller said, the FBI hostage rescue team, I consider one of the crown jewels of our organization,” Special Agent DeSarno said. Matt DeSarno, the FBI’s special agent in charge in Dallas told journalists in a press conference the federal law enforcement agency brought in 60-70 personnel rescue team from their headquarters in from Quantico, VA to resolve the situation. ![]() ![]() Beth Van Duyne subsequently sent a text message to a journalist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram to inform the newspaper the hostage taker had died, and law enforcement officials soon confirmed that fact in a late-night press conference. One hostage was released at 5 p.m., but a breach of the synagogue by an FBI hostage rescue team (HRT) enabled the other three hostages to escape shortly after 10 p.m. U.S. Dara Nelson told journalists that special negotiators for the FBI “have contact with the person in the building,” and that there was “no threat to the general public.” Earlier in the day, Colleyville Police Dept. Details about those final moments when agents stormed the building are still developing, although one of the hostages was reportedly a rabbi.įrom the early stages of the incident, authorities were convinced the threat was specific to one issue and would not endanger anyone outside the synagogue. Several hours after the first hostage was released, news outlets reported a loud bang and gunshots, and that the other three hostages were finally free. While the story was still developing, the terror suspect released one male hostage unharmed, and news reports indicated the suspect had a bag of bombs in his possession. All hostages are out alive and safe,” marking the end of a gripping drama for the lone-star state. the Texas governor tweeted, “Prayers answered. The incident unfolded dramatically into a nail-biting standoff that captivated the nation for several hours as police and FBI agents scrambled to avert tragedy.Īt 10:33 p.m. Gregg Abbott who had been closely monitoring the crisis as it unfolded at Beth Israel, a Dallas-area Jewish synagogue where the suspect reportedly made demands to release a female Islamist terrorist. Three hostages escaped as federal agents breached the building in the late evening about five hours after one hostage had been released by a terror suspect just after 5 p.m. A special FBI rescue team flown in from Quantico, VA worked with police and regional SWAT teams on Saturday to rescue the four hostages taken captive at a Colleyville, Texas synagogue. ![]()
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