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Members of Garland Police SWAT ushered spectators and contestants at the Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest to safety from the Curtis Culwell Center at about 8 p.m. Sunday, according to the Associated Press. The suspects drove up to the center and opened fire before being shot and killed by police, according to WFAA.
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The contest, sponsored by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, a New York-based group that once fought to keep a mosque from being built near the World Trade Center, offered $10,000 to the winner. The event was being broadcasted live on YouTube.
http://youtu.be/v52q0Z_nSEM
SWAT members were already on scene for the art event, according to WFAA.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
