Police respond to hostage situation at Texas synagogue


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  • Sunday, 16 Jan 2022

COLLEYVILLE, TX - JANUARY 15: Police cars remain parked at Good Shepherd Catholic Community church on January 15, 2022 in Colleyville, Texas. Police responded to the situation after reports of a man with a gun was holding hostages at the synagogue. Emil Lippe/Getty Images/AFP

COLLEYVILLE, Texas (Reuters): Police were negotiating with a man believed to have taken people hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, during a religious service on Saturday that was being broadcast online.

The Colleyville Police Department said FBI negotiators remained in contact with the hostage taker late Saturday afternoon, after a male hostage was released uninjured more than six hours after the crisis began.

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