this morning on world news now, new details about the two men shot dead outside a cartoonists convention in texas. their connections to terror and why the fbi has been following one of the suspects for years. safety questions for big city police departments after another new york cop dies from gunshot wounds. the dangerous trend and the deep sorrow. suing starbucks. a police officer given a free cup of coffee spills it. burns himself. so how did this case end up in court? and later in the skinny, fashion showdown from eye popping headdresses to see-through fabrics. we re taking you to new york s biggest fashion event of the year where a listers spared no expense to get noticed. it s tuesday, may 5th. announcer: from abc news,
see if it would give him his winnings. it doesn t always happen. the florida lottery finding some convenience store owners pocketing winner s cash, prompting them to launch a statewide investigation into store owners just last june. discovering that nine of the top ten florida scratch off winners were convenience store owners while many of those may have been legitimate, it does raise concern. i met one store owner who is so winning he s bagged an astounding six jackpots in a single day. he has not been charged with a crime. so the lotto officials say you ve won 38 times for $50,000. in four years maybe. how much have you put into it do you think? maybe 60 or 70. whatever you spend, just remember to sign your ticket. matt gutman, abc news, miami. okay. those are the rules. buy a lottery ticket or open a convenience store. i m not sure the moral of that story. if you open a store, make sure you have several lottery
his roommate. the men s motives and circumstances surrounding the attack are being investigated by authorities now. abc s ryan owens has more about the incident and also about the controversial group that hosted that contest. reporter: a barrage of bullets as two suspected terrorists armed with assault rifles are outgunned by a texas traffic cop and his pistol. it happened just before 7:00 sunday night at this event center, hosting a contest for cartoons of the prophet muhammad. deeply offensive to muslims. kudos to the over 300 cartoonists wannabe cartoonists who took the risk and submitted cartoons. authorities say two extremists elton simpson and nadir soofi pull into the parking lot blocked by a single police cruiser. the two extremists in protective gear and armed with assault rifles get out of this car and start shooting. a traffic cop returns fire with just his pistol and shoots both
this is world news now. i feel extremely underdressed. no, you re dressed appropriately. overdressed perhaps. you re good. good morning. i m kayna whitworth. reena is on assignment. let us welcome kayna. i wasn t here yesterday. good to have you here with us. we ve been looking forward to this. really good to have you. hello, folks, i m back now. t.j. holmes here. we have to start with that attack outside a muhammad cartoon contest. you re hearing that right. this happened near dallas. two gunmen involved in this attack now dead. no bombs found in their car which has been removed from outside the hall where this so-called contest was taking place. local and federal authorities are trying to piece together a timeline. they re tracing movements of the suspects who were killed by a local policeman and one of those suspects was well-known to the fbi as abc s brian ross reports. the fbi acknowledged it had 30-year-old elton simpson, the man in this selfie obtained by abc n
this is world news now. i feel extremely underdressed. no, you re dressed appropriately. overdressed perhaps. you re good. good morning. i m kayna whitworth. reena is on assignment. let us welcome kayna. i wasn t here yesterday. good to have you here with us. we ve been looking forward to this. hello, folks, i m back now. t.j. holmes here. we have to start with that attack outside a muhammad cartoon contest. you re hearing that right. this happened near dallas. two gunmen involved in this attack now dead. no bombs found in their car which has been removed from outside the hall where this so-called contest was taking place. local and federal authorities are trying to piece together a timeline. they re tracing movements of the suspects who were killed by a local policeman and one of those suspects was well-known to the fbi as abc s brian ross reports. the fbi acknowledged it had 30-year-old elton simpson, the man in this selfie obtained by abc news, under scrutiny as a