The remaining three hostages have been rescued from a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, following a nearly 11-hour standoff, police said, and the hostage-taker was killed.
Law enforcement did not reveal the identity of the suspect.
One male hostage had previously been released from Congregation Beth Israel, which is located in a suburb of Dallas-Fort Worth, shortly after 5 p.m. local time, police said.
Around “60 or 70” members of the FBI hostage rescue team, which is based in Quantico, Virginia, flew out to Colleyville, police chief Mike Miller said at a media briefing after the incident was resolved. The team breached the synagogue around 9 p.m. local time and rescued the three remaining hostages, Miller said.
None of the hostages required medical attention.
Authorities did not reveal a specific motive, but the FBI said that it believes the hostage-taker was “singularly focused on one issue, and it was not specifically related to the Jewish community.” A source close to the incident told CBS News that they believe the hostage-taker had asked for the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman serving an 86-year sentence in federal prison for trying to kill U.S. officers in Afghanistan.
FBI Dallas special agent in charge Matthew DeSarno said Saturday night that there is no indication of “any kind of ongoing threat.” He said the FBI will continue investigating the hostage-taker, and noted that the investigation would have “global reach.”
