it was at the suburb of dallas at the curtis caldwell center last night. as the event was nearing an end, two men drove up and opened fire in the parking lot on an unarmed school security officer. officer bruce joiner was hit in the ankle and then treated and released at a local hospital. police then shot back at the two armed suspects killing both of them there in that parking lot. their names have not been released, nor a possible motive at this point. as word of what happened outside spread to those inside you can see this is video of the attendees who began holding a flag and they sang god bless america. those folks were eventually moved out of there to safety. no other injuries reported. bomb squad technicians worked through the night sweeping the suspect's vehicle looking for explosive devices. we have heard a few muffled concussions since we have been here p on the scene. authorities haven't confirmed to us what those sounds were. the fbi and atf are both on the ground assisting local law enforcement agencies. >> casey, there would alwaysready be so

we're in garland, texas, at the curtis caldwell center 6:52 in the afternoon. >> no one inside the curtiswell center was injured. we still do not know the identity of the suspects. police are not aware of any ongoing threat and say they have not received any credible threats before the event. it happened during a contest hosted by the new york-based american freedom defense initiative that would award $10,000 for the best cartoon depicting the prophet muhammad. such drawings are deemed insulting to many followers of islam. stay with fox news channel for more developments from garland, texas, as we continue to follow those developments. now back to our regular programming already in progress. . >> you're not supposed to drive that 13. >> child labor laws but the government's rules create unintended effects it is meant to keep the kids out of sweatshops to save 50 notes may not work more than three hours per school day or before 7:00 a.m. and read the fine print because if you don't you were in trouble. this gray three change let teenagers work said they were fined $600,000. they just don't

as i mentioned, this happened at the curtis caldwell center, just a stone's throw away from where i'mding, right behind me. this is a community center that is owned by the garland independent school districts. garland isd. various organizations rent this space out, they hold conferen conferences, events here. they knew that this was a contentious issue, this particular event held here tonight, which is why officer harn was explaining they had a beefed up police presence here for this event. the event was almost wrapping up, we understand, when this all happened. you know those officers sprung into action very quickly, kelly, when these two guys rolled up and started opening fire and these two suspects shot dead rather quickly before any else was hurt or injured. >> they will be there throughout the night, as you mentioned, i will take a while to wrap up this crime scene because they have so much work to do. how would this impact the morning people trying to get to work or people trying go to that nearby school? >> reporter: i think the big fear right now is again this unknown as to wh

the curtis caldwell event center.g for a 10,000 dollar prize for artistic depiction of the prophet mohammed. there has been talk ahead of the art exhibit within the community. it has been reported that people were not happy about this, they thought it would be insulting. we have seen how that can be played out around the world particularly in paris with charlie hebdo the satire cal newspaper was ceased and preeop were killed because they had a cartoon of the prophet muhammad. what we are being told is two suspects have been shot and killed. one of the event organizers have taken to social media and has put out that two men with rifles and backpacks attacked police outside of the event. it's an eyewitness account. we are going to get reaction i am talking to the viewers from the control room to see if we have any of that this we can show you. joining me this evening handling this breaking news with me is christopher voss former special agent with the fbi. he has certainly worked this detail in the new york city area, t

los dos atacantes llegaron al centro curtis caldwell y dispararon.o y con otros policÍas les causÓ la muerte. despuÉs un escuadrÓn antibombas revisÓ el vehÍculo donde se presumÍa que habÍa explosivos y otro equipo su activa por centro de convenciones y llevÓ a los participantes a un centro. >> requirieron largas horas de trabajo para efectos lograron recuperar. >> toda la evidencia hallada. >> en el sitio del tiroteo pamela geller defendiÓ la actividad. en una sociedad pluralista tienes lenguaje ofensivo, ideas e intercambio de pensamiento y no abandonas una conversaciÓn porque ofendes: si no tengo que salir a matar gente? geller ha ganado fama por combatir la doctrina musulmana en el paÍs. dice la semana pasada que este tipo de ataques era su mayor temor. >> dispararÁ bien porque estÁn uniformados es la amenaza de isis y lo mÁs desafiantes que puede ocurrir en cualquier lugar. pedro rojas para noticias univisiÓn. >> el ex presidente bill clinton defendiÓ las donaciones de la asignaciÓn por parte de extranjeros en momentos en que la campaÑa de su esp

when the gunmen opened fire last night, there were about 75 people inside the curtis caldwell center. the gunmen started shooting just as the event was ending. police say they had not received any credible threats beforehand but they were prepared for something like this. >> i don't know anything so far as any conversations that took place. the only things that we know right now is that they drove up got out, and opened fire on the security officer. >> the contest was hosted by a group called american freedom defense initiative known for buying advertising space across the u.s. criticizing islam. the winner gets $10,000 for the best cartoon. cartoons of muhammad are insulting to many muslims and have sparked violence around the world. in january, 12 people were killed when a gunman attacked a newspaper office in paris after the paper published cartoons of muhammad. the next month there was another deadly shooting in denmark at an event for an artist who drew a caricature ofad. she said it was about making it about free speech. >> it's not just here and paris and copenhagen. it's here.

two gunmen armed with automatic weapons opened fire outside the curtis caldwell center. the suspects are dead but there are concerns there may be exploex plo explo exploesives in their vehicle. joining me on the phone from the scene, cnn's ed lavendera. ed, what's the very latest from there? >> reporter: hi, john. just a few hours ago, we are told by authorities here in the dallas suburb of garland, texas, that two men drove up to an event at a civic center here that the organizers bill as a free speech event, but many of this group's critics say it is an anti-islam event and eventually it was an art exhibit and contest for drawing and painting cartoons of the prophet muhammad. and a very controversial event. we're told by authorities here in garland that toward the end of that event, there were two men who drove up on the scene in a dark colored sedan and started firing. we are told that those two men in that car have been shot and killed and are at the scene right now outside of this civic center. authorities have cordoned off several blocks around the civic center and

it was at the suburb of dallas at the curtis caldwell center last night.t was nearing an end, two men drove up and opened fire in the parking lot on an unarmed school security officer. officer bruce joiner was hit in the ankle and then treated and released at a local hospital. police then shot back at the two armed suspects killing both of them there in that parking lot. their names have not been released, nor a possible motive at this point. as word of what happened outside spread to those inside you can see this is video of the attendees who began holding a flag and they sang god bless america. those folks were eventually moved out of there to safety. no other injuries reported. bomb squad technicians worked through the night sweeping the

. >> reporter: police say two men showed up at the curtis caldwell center just as the event was supposed to end, jumped out of their car and opened fire shooting unarmed garland school security guard bruce jouner in the ankle. >> the only things we know is that they drive up got out and opened fire on the security officer. >> reporter: the garland police officers including swat team members had been at what organizers call a free speech event since early morning called in as added security. the show featured art depicting the muslim prophet mohammed and included a contest with $10,000 for the best cartoon that included mohammed. >> i need everybody to remain calm. >> reporter: organizers locked inside the 200 people attending the show before moving them to an undisclosed location. area restaurants and businesses were also evacuated. >> when we got up there, this cop was frantic, he was like get out now. and he was saying "if you don't get out now, you're getting locked in here." >> reporter: at the scene, bomb squad technicians used robots searching the suspect's car for explosives as in

police say, two armed men pulled up in a car and in front of the curtis caldwell center in garland texasfire. >> garland officers close by saw what was going on, engaged the two men shot and killed them both there at the scene by their car. >> unarmed security guard was shot in the ankle, treated and released from the hospital. to many muslims sunday event promotes practice islam forbids. >> they wanted people to make cartoons muhammad in a negative light send in those drawings have an art exhibit and the winner would win thousands of dollars. >> event backed by the american freedom defense initiative. last month, new york-based group ran controversial anti-islam ad campaign on septa buses featuring photo of adolf hitler and pakistani activist. >> there were additional office that's were hired for this event. >> police left the two men's bodies next to the car as they checked it for explosives as a precaution. >> now texas governor gregg abbott has saluted the work of law enforcement, and he also says that state officials are on the case. garland police are set to hold press conference t

. >> reporter: we are outside the curtis caldwell center in garland texas.h, that is a suburb of dallas. little bit before 7:00 p.m. last night. an event was just about to let out here. it was a free speech event a contest, to draw a depictses, cartoon depictses of the the muslim prophet mohammad. police say two men pulled up, got out of their car and opened fire on a security guard outside of the building an unarmed security guard who was in uniform. they wound that had officer other security guard in the leg. he was treated at the hospital and release. now garland police were nearby. they heard shots being fired. they came over. they shot and killed the two gunman. now, from what we understand, there was a focused effort made to determine whether there were any explosives inside the vehicle driven by those two gunman. we did hear a couple of loud banks, one around midnight. a couple more at 2:00 in the morning. we have not been able to confirm. there has been no official word whether explosives were found inside the suspect's vehicles. they have not been i

two gunmen armed with automatic weapons opened fire outside the curtis caldwell center.o explo exploesives in their vehicle. joining me on the phone from the scene, cnn's ed lavendera. ed, what's the very latest from there? >> reporter: hi, john. just a few hours ago, we

the suspect's car is on the scene outside the curtis caldwell center on the outskirts of dallas whereand inaugural mohammed art exhibit contest was held yesterday. the gunmen were killed after driving up to that event center last night and shooting a security guard in the ankle. that man is expected to survive and has been released from the hospital. there were 200 people locked down inside that building and moved to an undisclosed location when the gunfire erupted. people heard the gunfire at nearby businesses as well and were also evacuated. heard the pop, pop, pop real quick and a little pause and another pop, pop, pop real quick. so i was like, that is gunshots. >> the fbi told reporters that they believe the suspect or one of 24e78 sent a tweet using the #texasattack about half hour before the shooting. organizers hired 40 extra security officers at a cost of $10,000 anticipating the controversial event might draw trouble. that event was sponsored by two argues which nbc news reports are listed as hate groups by the southern poverty law center. laura and sam? >> thank you very mu

two men drove up to the curtis caldwell center jumped out of their car and began shooting. they hit an unarmed security guard before being shot and killed by police. inside the building hundreds were attending a mohammed art exhibit and cartoon contest being held by the american freedom defense initiative. now the keynote speaker a ditch politician on an al qaeda hit list and the executive director of an anti-islam group, our correspondent ed lavandera is following the latest for us from texas. tell us more, ed. >> good morning, carol. well you see the scene behind us just beyond these cars. you'll see fbi agents holding a blue tarp. that is where the bodies of the two suspected gunmen are lying on the street. what is interesting as you look at the scene here they didn't even make it inside the parking lot of the civic center. they had gotten out of the car and started shooting before they, themselves, were shot down. >> become orderly. we're taking everybody a little furtherary way from the front of this building all right? >> reporter: a deadly scene in a dallas suburb. t

that car is still on the scene outside the curtis caldwell center near dallas where that shooting and art contest was held yesterday. those black marks around the vehicle there. you see at the center of your screen is where the bomb squad detonated something. we're not sure what just yet. the gunman drove up to the center last night, jumped out of their car, shot an unarmed school district security guard in the ankle. he is expected to survive. about 200 people were inside at the time. they were locked down and then moved to an undisclosed location. people heard that done fire nearby businesses as well and they were also evacuated. >> kind of weird because we heard the pop, pop, pop real quick and a i little pause and another pop, pop, pop real quick. i was like, that is gunshots. >> here is another development this morning. the fbi told reporters that they bloo i've that the suspect sent a tweet using the henry tenenbaum tex-- organizers coul not have expected this but they did prepare for some trouble. they spent $10,000 on extra security. they brought in 40 extra security officers

the curtis caldwell event center as they move the people to safety as i mentioned. the crime scene with the dead two suspects and the vehicle in the center of your screen. explosives inside they are certainly concentrated on it. are there cell phones perhaps inside of that or some other sort of information. that's the kind of information i have been having with our guest christopher voss. you are still with us? >> yes, i am still here. >> this is quite sometime they are taking with this vehicle. what's the procedure? now i am getting curious about it. do they know something? how do you approach this? the robot has been out there almost an hour now. >> until you know otherwise, until you are certain you have potential explosive device it doesn't sound to me like -- sounds to me chances are it is not. until you know there's no use in engaging in unnecessary risk. for the moment they have the scene under control. they probably have the only perpetrator involved in it. there is knee need for them to rush forward quickly and make any mistakes. they probably eliminated th