An FBI SWAT team was on the scene and law enforcement negotiated with the gunman.
Summary
- A rabbi and three others were taken hostage during a Shabbat service at the reform Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, on Saturday.
- Another tweet two hours later updated that the hostage situation was still in progress.
- — Colleyville Police (@ColleyvillePD) January 15, 2022BREAKING: Gunman holding hostages at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas — BNO News (@BNONews) January 15, 2022The area surrounding the synagogue was urgently evacuated, though local news claimed there did not seem to be a threat to the general public.
- of Public Safety is on the scene of the tense hostage situation in Colleyville, Texas.
- We’re closely following a hostage situation that is taking place at a synagogue in Colleyville, TX.