he was eventually convicted of lying to authorities in 2011 and simpson s family lived here in the phoenix area. they released a statement saying they sent their prayers to everyone affected by the shooting. they also emphasized that they had no knowledge, no knowledge of simpson s plan. they are heart broken and struggling to find out how this happened. the family of the other accused shooter expressed similar feelings. he was from texas and he moved to phoenix and most recently operated a carpet cleaning business here in the phoenix area. his mother who still lives in texas said soufi prayed 5 times a day. he had an 8-year-old son. he was clearly very religious and he was open about it. she, too, is wondering how her son could be convinced to do something like this. as you ve been mentioning they both lived here in that apartment in phoenix. the fbi raided that apartment yesterday. we know they took two vehicles from that apartment, but they have not revealed any details about what t
message broadcast on the group s albaim radio station. in the message it referred to the two shooters here in texas as quote, soldiers of the caliphate. now was that a genuine claim of responsibility? was it an opportunistic claim simply designed to sew fear in the minds of many americans? the white house says it is simply at this stage too early to tell but to try to find out whether it is credible investigators are going through every piece of evidence they ve found in the car that the shooters drove here. that car was finally removed from the scene around this time last night. some 24 hours after the initial incident. now investigators are also pouring over the social media accounts and history of the two shooters elton simpson and madea soufi. they want to find out any direct links they can with any members of isis if such direct links exist. meantime the families of both shooters have expressed horror