UPDATE: Names released in Muhammad art event shooting
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(CNN) — Two people were shot by police outside of an event billed as the “Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest” in Garland, Texas, on Sunday evening, according to Garland Mayor Douglas Athas, who added, “I believe they are dead.” A security guard was also wounded, according to Athas. CNN producer Chris Lett, who was covering the event, said there were about 40 people gathered when police announced there had been a shooting. The event, sponsored by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, claimed to have received “over 350 submissions of Muhammad cartoons from all over the world.”
One of the two gunmen in a Garland, Texas, attack on a cartoon contest featuring images of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed has been identified as Elton Simpson, a federal law enforcement source told CNN. The source said Simpson is thought to have sent a tweet before the attack with the hashtag #texasattack. “May Allah accept us as mujahideen,” the tweet read in part.
The second shooter iattack has been identified as Nadir Soofi, two law enforcement officials told CNN. Soofi is the roommate of Elton Simpson. Soofi is not well-known to federal law enforcement and was not on the FBI radar like Simpson, one of the officials said.