Garland Officer ‘Saved Lives’ at Prophet Muhammad Art Contest, Police Say
A traffic officer working off-duty security and SWAT officers fatally shot two men wearing body armor and armed with assault rifles who began shooting outside a Prophet Muhammad cartoon art contest in Garland Sunday, “saving lives,” police say.
Officer Joe Harn, with the Garland Police Department, said the officer and an unarmed security guard were sitting in a patrol car blocking an entrance to the Curtis Culwell Center when two men pulled up in a dark-colored sedan Sunday at about 7 p.m.
As the officer and guard, identified as 58-year-old Bruce Joiner, exited the patrol car, two men exited the dark-colored sedan, got behind their vehicle and opened fire on the officers, police said, striking Joiner in the ankle.
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