Twitter User Mentioned ‘Texas Attack’ Minutes Before Shooting

People are sequestered by members of the Garland Police Department inside the Curtis Culwell Center, Sunday, May 3, 2015, in Garland, Texas. A contest for cartoons depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in the Dallas sub... People are sequestered by members of the Garland Police Department inside the Curtis Culwell Center, Sunday, May 3, 2015, in Garland, Texas. A contest for cartoons depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in the Dallas suburb is on lockdown Sunday after authorities reported a shooting outside the building. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant) MORE LESS
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Minutes before two gunmen opened fire on a Muhammed cartoon contest near Dallas on Sunday, a Twitter account published a message about the attack, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The account with the username “Shariah is Light” reportedly mentioned “#texasattack” about 15 minutes before police reported that shots were fired outside the cartoon contest, according to The Guardian.

A Guardian reporter captured a screenshot of the tweet before Twitter suspended the account.

“The bro with me and myself have given bay’ah to Amirul Mu-mineen. May Allah accept us as mujahideen,” the tweet reportedly read.

The Guardian reported that before the message about an attack on Sunday, the “Shariah is Light” account “posted a number of tweets supporting Islamic extremism, including the Islamic State terror group in the Middle East.”

Two gunmen were killed on Sunday after they opened fire on a Muhammed cartoon contest at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas. Authorities have not yet identified the gunmen.

A security officer, Bruce Joiner, was shot and injured on Sunday. He was released from the hospital after being treated for ankle wound.

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  1. Twitter account connection to American Freedom Defense Initiative in 3, 2, 1…

  2. I’d like to be a fly in the Twitter war room as they discuss what to do about the fact that their machine has been co-opted by terrorists.

  3. I wonder what ATT and Verizon think as well since they are just platforms and means for communication.

  4. If it turns out an iphone was used for this, uh-oh spaghetti-O’s!

  5. lets just call it a day and end our time on earth, everyone has been coopted by terrorists now. fuck.

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