Attackers at Pamela Geller’s Cartoon Event Were Actually Killed by a SWAT Team
You may recall that the two would-be mass murderers who attacked Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer’s “Draw Mohammed” event in Garland, Texas, were reportedly killed by a lone traffic officer armed only with a pistol.
Well, that story wasn’t true: Gunmen at Muhammad Cartoon Contest Were Killed by SWAT Team.
The new details stem from an investigation by Garland police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation into the May 3 attack in which Elton Simpson, 31, and Nadir Soofi, 34, attempted to storm the contest with assault rifles.
Almost immediately after the suspects arrived, they started shooting at a traffic officer and a security officer, who were standing by a police car near a barricade set up around the event, according to Garland Police Chief Mitch Bates.
The traffic officer responded with his service revolver, wounding the two men, but they continued to fire. Four SWAT team officers arrived within seconds and engaged in a shootout with the attackers, who retrieved more weapons and ammunition. Dozens of rounds were shot before the two men were killed, Chief Bates said.