DALLAS The man who took hostages at a Texas synagogue sought to buy drugs and a "machine gun" before the standoff last month that ended with the hostages escaping and the gunman's death, an FBI agent said in court Wednesday.
Agent tells court gunman initially reached out to arms dealer seeking to buy methamphetamines and 'a machine gun or a weapon that contains a large number of bullets' for intimidation to help settle a debt
An FBI agent testified on Wednesday during a detention hearing that Malik Faisal Akram, the man who held four people hostage in a Texas synagogue last month before he was fatally shot, wanted a “machine gun” and dru