God bless america reporter the incident unfolded quickly in a dallas suburb at a controversial art exhibit showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed. Police say the two men pulled up to the parking lot in a darkcolored sedan. A patrol car blocked the entrance. A Police Officer and a Security Guard stepped out of the car. The attackers both in bulletproof vests jumped out of their car with Assault Rifles and opened fire. The unarmed guard was shot in the ankle. The officer, armed with only a Service Pistol killed both gunmen. Under the fire that he was put under, he did a very good job. And probably saved lives. Were going to stop this right now. Reporter the controversial event inside was nearing an end when the shots were fired. Security moved the 200 people attending to a secure location. None of the attendees were hurt. We were actually walking out and the officer starts blowing a whistle and telling people to get down. Reporter simpson is believed to have sent this tweet just hours
have given bay ah to muminen. a pseudonym for the leader of isis. his last tweet before the texas attack. but the first clues date back to that 2011 arrest. talking to an fbi informant over years, court records show simpson wanted to go to somalia to fight. recorded on wire taps saying if you get shot or you get killed, it s heaven straightaway. heaven, that s what we are here for so why not take that route? you try to make us become slaves to man? no, we slave to allah. we re going to fight you to the death. attorney christina sitton defended simpson when the fbi arrested him. there are lots of questions now about whether he s someone who may have fallen through the cracks. do you look back on the case and wonder the same thing? no, i don t. he was on probation for three years. he didn t have any violations. he didn t have any problems that i was aware of. i don t feel like he was ever a danger or ever someone that was going to be harmful. perhaps he just got angry and did a reall
you try to make us become slaves to man? no we slave to allah. we re going to fight you to the death. attorney christina sitton defended simpson when the fbi arrested him. there are lots of questions now about whether he s someone who may have fallen through the cracks. do you look back on the case and wonder the same thing? no i don t. he was on probation for three years. he didn t have any violations. he didn t have any problems that i was aware of. i don t feel like he was ever a danger or ever someone that was going to be harmful. perhaps he just got angry and did a really bad, terrible thing. reporter: nadir sufi s facebook page reveals strong opinions but no call to violence. there is a 4-year-old note asking for forgiveness. he asked allah for forgiveness for every sin. their plan so secret that the mosque president spent years with both men at services and never saw either as a threat.
these would be terrorists linked themself to isis in tweets before the attack. we re going to hear from peter berg next. also tonight, in baltimore, questions about the charges against the six officers. did the state s attorney overcharge to keep more violence from happening? that s one view you ll hear coming up.
depicting the prophet muhammad? right. those cartoons were posted around the room and, you know, before the conference started, everybody walked around looking at them and then there were several speeches. there was an award given for the winning cartoon, and then it was over. it was a very anti-climactic event during the conference itself. randy, i appreciate you talking to us about your experience. thank you very much. randy potts from the daily beast. as we reported, at least one of these would be terrorists linked himself to isis in tweets before the attack. we re going to hear from peter berg next. also tonight, in baltimore, questions about the charges against the six officers. did the state s attorney overcharge to keep more violence from happening? that s one view you ll hear coming up. making a fist something we do to show resolve. to defend ourselves. to declare victory. so cvs health provides expert support and