Published 2 years ago

Feds charge Texas man with selling gun used to take hostages

Summary by Ground News

Henry 'Michael' Williams, 32, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Authorities say he sold the weapon that Maisal Faisal Akram used when he entered Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 15 and held the synagogue's rabbi and three others hostage for hours. Williams initially told investigators one day after Akram was killed that he recalled meeting a man with a British accent but didn't remember his name.

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BBC News

US man charged with selling gun used in Texas synagogue siege

Michael Wilson allegedly sold a gun to Malik Faisal Akram days before he took hostages in Texas.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Independent

Feds accuse Texas man of selling gun used to take hostages

The Justice Department says a Texas man has been charged with a federal gun crime after authorities say he sold a gun to a man who held four hostages inside a Texas synagogue earlier this month

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

U.S. charges man with selling gun used in synagogue hostage crisis

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON -The U.S. Justice Department has filed criminal charges against a man for allegedly selling the gun that another man later used to take hostages at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas. Henry “Michael” Williams, 32, is charged in a complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm. He made his initial appearance before a federal judge on Wednesday, and

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Feds accuse Texas man of selling gun used to take hostages

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man has been charged with a federal gun crime after authorities say he sold a gun to a man who held four hostages inside a Texas synagogue earlier this month before being fatally shot by the FBI, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

2 years ago·United States

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