hostage are now safe after an 11-hour ordeal after the suspect is now dead. he was armed with a gun as he entered the synagogue. it was live streamed. let s go to cnn s ed lavandera who is on the scene for us in colleyville, texas. we were just following it all day yesterday, we were just worried sick about that. but we now have audio from inside that building. ed, what more are we learning? reporter: hey, jim. we reported extensively on this yesterday what it was like for congregation members of the beth israel synagogue here in colleyville, texas, to watch the beginnings of this hostage situation unfold on the live stream of the sabbath services. several congregation members told us they were listening to the suspects screaming frantically on there, vacillating emotionally between
pictures now from colleyville, texas, where police, fbi, are trying to work through a hostage situation at the congregation beth israel there in colleyville, texas, synagogue there in colleyville, texas. according to local police, right now, the fbi is in communication with the person who is believed to be holding folks hostage inside that synagogue. and josh campbell, you were just saying a few moments ago that if you re looking for any good news, in any of this, it s the fact that they re in communication with this person right now. i guess the other obvious piece of good news here is that we re being told no injuries at this point, and so there is a glimmer of hope here that perhaps law enforcement can resolve this peacefully, and what are some of the things that they might be saying right now? might they be looking at already, looking at social media posts, if they know who this person is at this point? and so on? yeah, well, there are a
about 30 minutes north of dallas in colleyville. authorities announced a male hostage was released uninjured. my colleague richard lui is tracking the latest. richard? hey, alicia. the latest now we re hearing since the top of the hour throughout this afternoon from colleyville, texas, a hostage situation under way, about eight hours long right now. according to what we re hearing, 10:41 is when the police first got the call. just in from colleyville police, a male hostage released uninjured around 5:00 p.m. central time. so that s about an hour and a half, hour and 40 minutes ago. the man will be reunited with his family. he does not require medical attention. fbi negotiators still communicating with the hostage-taker. also on the scene, counterterrorism units from the nypd. authorities saying the suspect forced the colleyville rabbi to call a rabbi in new york city
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the jewish people or the jewish state calm down, use facts. you know, really, people are at risk. i want to show you something that the rabbi from the tree of life synagogue said on this network earlier today. once again, jewish americans, many are afraid to enter their houses of worship to pray because of what just happened in colleyville. and to that extend, that s a failure of america. shame on america for creating an environment where an entire community is afraid for their own existence. america has to step up, big, to be able to say that we are a place that does value life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and the expressions of religious freedom. so far, america is not