Police briefing on daylong hostage situation at a Colleyville synagogue. Watch live now online and on NBC 5.
Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted at 9:33 p.m. that all of the hostages had been rescued.The governor's tweet came after NBC 5 crews heard a loud bang outside the synagogue at about 9:30 p.m. followed by an increase in police activity.
The Colleyville Police Department tweeted at about 11:30 a.m. Saturday that it was conducting SWAT operations at the address of Congregation Beth Israel on Pleasant Run Road. Colleyville Police spokeswoman Sgt. Dara Nelson later confirmed to NBC 5 that there were in communication with someone inside the synagogue and that there were other people inside as well.
According to Federal Bureau of Prisons records, Siddiqui is currently being held at the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, about 25 miles west of where the situation at the synagogue is unfolding. Police in Colleyville, Texas, said they are "currently conducting SWAT operations" at a synagogue, prompting the evacuation of residents in the area on Saturday afternoon.FBI Dallas spokeswoman Katie Chaumont said an FBI SWAT team was also at the scene and that crisis negotiators had been communicating with someone inside the synagogue.
Francis, who lives in Rhome and grew up near Colleyville, tuned in to the live stream after she read on Facebook that there was a hostage situation at the synagogue. She said it sounded like the man was talking to the police department on the phone, with the rabbi and another person trying to help with the negotiations.
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