UPDATE: All hostages held at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, are now safe, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said.
SWAT team members deploy near the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, near Dallas, on Saturday. All hostages held at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, are now safe, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said.Earlier, law enforcement officials were in contact with a man who took hostages inside the synagogue in Colleyville, which is about 15 miles northeast of Fort Worth, Texas.
A Shabbat service was scheduled at the Congregation Beth Israel at 10 a.m. A Facebook livestream of the service ended just before 2 p.m. The stream did not feature people on screen, but a man could be heard, speaking loudly and angrily at times.
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