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Curtis Culwell Center
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Curtis Culwell Center
Phone:
+1 972-487-4700

Address:
4999 Naaman Forest Blvd, Garland, TX 75040, USA

The Curtis Culwell Center attack was carried out by two Muslim Americans from Arizona who attacked officers with gunfire at the entrance to an exhibit featuring cartoon images of Muhammad at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas on May 3, 2015. The attackers shot a Garland Independent School District security officer in the ankle. Shortly after the attackers pulled up and opened fire, both were promptly shot and killed by an off duty Garland police officer working as mall security. The FBI had been monitoring the two attackers for years and an undercover agent was right behind them, filming with his camera, when the first shots were fired. The agent was himself arrested and later released.The security guard who was wounded filed a lawsuit against the FBI in October 2017, claiming the FBI was partially responsible for his injuries.The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack plot, the first time the militant group took credit for an attack in the United States. ISIL's claim of responsibility has not been verified, and U.S. officials stated that the attack appears to have been inspired, but not directed, by ISIL. An online ISIL persona run by internet troll Joshua Ryne Goldberg had posted maps to the exhibition, and urged his followers to attack the event. Goldberg pled guilty to federal charges in December 2017. His persona was retweeted by one of the attackers on the morning of the attack, and Goldberg claimed responsibility for inciting the attack to multiple news outlets and in his plea agreement.
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