The first hostage was released shortly after 5 p.m. And all three of us were able to get out without even a shot being fired.”Īuthorities identified the hostage-taker as 44-year-old British national Malik Faisal Akram, who was killed Saturday night after the last three hostages ran out of the synagogue in Colleyville around 9 p.m. I threw a chair at the gunman, and I headed for the door. “The exit wasn’t too far away,” Cytron-Walker said. Cohen recalled rearing up in his chair and slowly moving his head and mouthing “no.” As the gunman moved to sit back down, Cohen said Cytron-Walker yelled to run. At one point as the situation devolved, Cohen said the gunman told them to get on their knees. They talked to the gunman, and he lectured them. We weren’t released or freed,” said Cohen, who was one of four people in the synagogue for services that many other Congregation Beth Israel members were watching online.Ĭohen said the men worked to keep the gunman engaged. Cohen, described the ordeal on Facebook on Monday.
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