ISIS-linked social media claim Texas shooting

A Twitter account named Sharia is Light and linked to ISIS posted a message with the hashtag “texasattack” moments before two gunmen opened fire Sunday night outside an exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, northeast of Dallas. A guard was injured in the ankle before police officers shot and killed both gunmen.The event, billed by the organizers as “promoting freedom of expression,” offered a $10,000 prize for the best cartoon depicting Prophet Mohammed.

 

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