Elk River Arms (Elk River Tool & Die, Inc.) ERTD M74 (5.45×39mm)
Romarm/Cugir Draco (7.62×39mm)
Kel-Tec SUB-2000 (9mm)
Three handguns:
Hi-Point C9 (9mm)
Taurus Model 605
Jimenez Arms JA-9 (9mm)[1][2]
Deaths
2 (both perpetrators)
Injured
1 (security officer)
Perpetrators
Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi[3]
Motive
Retaliation for depictions of Muhammad
The Curtis Culwell Center attack was a failed terrorist attack on an exhibit featuring cartoon images of Muhammad at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas on May 3, 2015, which ended in a shootout with police guarding the event, and the deaths of the two perpetrators.[4] The attackers shot an unarmed Garland Independent School District (GISD) security officer in the ankle.[5][6] Shortly after opening fire, both attackers were shot by an off-duty Garland police officer and killed by SWAT.[7]
The FBI had been monitoring the two attackers for years, and an undercover agent was right behind them when the first shots were fired.[8] The injured security guard filed a lawsuit against the FBI in October 2017, claiming the FBI was partially responsible for his injuries.[6]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attack plot, the first time the militant group took credit for an attack in the United States.[9][10][11][12] ISIL's claim of responsibility was not verified, and U.S. officials stated that the attack appears to have been inspired, but not directed, by ISIL.
An online ISIL persona run by internet troll Joshua Ryne Goldberg had posted maps to the exhibition, and urged his followers to attack the event. Goldberg pleaded guilty to federal charges in December 2017. His persona was retweeted by one of the attackers on the morning of the attack, and Goldberg claimed responsibility for inciting the attack to multiple news outlets and in his plea agreement.[13][14][15][16][17]
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^ abMartin, Naomi (May 26, 2017). "Security guard injured in Garland terror attack tormented by belief that FBI knew of ISIS plot". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on November 19, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
^"Cop shares gunfight lessons from ISIS-inspired 'Draw the Prophet' terrorist attack". March 30, 2017. Archived from the original on February 13, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
^Cooper, Anderson (March 26, 2017). "60 Minutes investigates first ISIS-claimed attack in U.S. and what the FBI knew". CBS News. Archived from the original on February 13, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
^Julie Watson (May 5, 2015). "Doubts raised about Islamic State claim in Texas attack". Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
^"IS says it was behind US Prophet cartoon attack". BBC. May 5, 2015. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
^"Texas shooting: Islamic State claims responsibility for first US attack as gunmen named". The Telegraph. May 4, 2015. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
^"ISIS claims responsibility for Texas attack". CBS News. May 4, 2015. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
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^"Neo-Nazi, radical feminist and violent jihadist – all at once". BBC News. September 21, 2015. Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
^"Internet troll Joshua Goldberg attempted to incite terror attacks in Melbourne". news.com.au. Archived from the original on February 13, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
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