Colleyville synagogue reopens following terror incident
Congregation Beth Israel is getting ready to welcome members back nearly three months after a terrorist attack.
Colleyville synagogue where terrorist took hostages to hold re-dedication ceremony
Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville is set to hold a re-dedication ceremony almost three months after a terrorist took four people hostage, including the synagogue’s rabbi.
Colleyville man going to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees
A North Texas man is joining the Ukrainian refugee relief effort in Poland. He's not affiliated with any group or non-profit but felt compelled to go to Europe to help.
Teens charged after gun found at Colleyville Heritage High School
A juvenile student and an 18-year-old who is not a student are facing charges after police found a gun on the Colleyville Heritage High School campus Tuesday.
Police, FBI investigating anti-Semitic flyers found in Colleyville as hate crime
Colleyville police have contacted the FBI over anti-Semitic and white separatist flyers found in driveways, and they are being investigated as a hate crime.
Man accused of selling gun to Colleyville synagogue hostage-taker to stay in jail
Authorities say Malik Akram contacted Henry Williams looking to buy methamphetamine, cocaine and a machine gun with numerous bullets. He explained he was looking to intimidate someone who owed a debt. Federal investigators confirmed the gun, which was stolen, had been fired during the standoff in Colleyville and was recovered at the scene.
Rabbi taken hostage at Colleyville synagogue asks lawmakers for more security funding
There are new warnings about potential violence aimed at places of worship, government offices and more. The leader of a North Texas synagogue who was taken hostage believes the country needs to listen to that warning.
North Texas synagogues request active threat training after Colleyville standoff
Security training paid off for those held hostage recently by a terrorist at a local synagogue. Now, other area synagogues are requesting some of that same training that helped a rabbi and others escape from a possible life and death situation.
Colleyville synagogue standoff: Man who allegedly sold gun to suspect charged by feds
Henry "Michael" Williams was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm after authorities say he sold the weapon that Maisal Akram used to hold a rabbi and three others hostage for hours.
British police arrest 2 additional men connected to Colleyville synagogue hostage-taker
British police are questioning another two men about their connection to the man who held people hostage at a Colleyville synagogue earlier this month.
Colleyville synagogue meets for Shabbat service week after hostage standoff
At Beth Israel's service Saturday, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and the three other people who were taken hostage last weekend stood in front of the congregation, linking arms as they sang the ritual blessings before and after the weekly reading of the Torah.
Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis was a hate crime and act of terrorism, FBI says
The FBI was more emphatic on Friday that last weekend’s act of terrorism at a Colleyville synagogue was also a hate crime. They said no other people have been arrested locally, though they think they know everyone he’d been around. However, they still don’t know how Akram got the gun he used to take the synagogue members hostage.
Colleyville synagogue hostage-taker cause of death was 'multiple gunshot wounds'
The cause of death for Malik Akram, the British national who took four people hostage, including a rabbi, at a Colleyville synagogue, was found to be “multiple gunshot wounds.”
Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis was targeted attack on Jews, FBI says
In the last phone call he made to his family, Malik Akram spewed venom against Jews, cursing Jews and America. He said he was not giving up and that he had prayed about this for two years and was opening the doors to further attacks.
British police arrest 2 men connected to Colleyville synagogue hostage situation
Police confirmed they arrested two men in the UK in connection to last weekend's hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville.
FBI searching for driver who dropped Colleyville synagogue hostage-taker at Dallas homeless shelter
The gunman who held several people hostage at a North Texas synagogue spent several weeks in the area before Saturday's attack. He stayed at a hotel in Irving and two homeless shelters. The driver who dropped him off at one shelter is a key part of the investigation.
Healing vigil held for members of Colleyville synagogue where hostages were taken
The Congregation Beth Israel community is focused on healing after four people survived a hostage standoff at their Colleyville synagogue.
Colleyville synagogue rabbi says he threw chair before escaping hostage standoff
The rabbi of a Colleyille synagogue where a gunman took hostages during livestreamed services said Monday that he threw a chair at his captor before escaping with two others after an hourslong standoff.
British police detain 2 teens in relation to Colleyville synagogue hostage case
Police in Britain said they have detained two teenagers in relation to the hostages being taken at Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville on Saturday.
Colleyville synagogue hostage situation: FBI identifies hostage-taker
The FBI identified 44-year-old British national, Malik Faisal Akram, as the man who took four people hostage at a Colleyville synagogue.