Texas Hostages Escaped Synagogue as FBI SWAT Team Rushed In

Texas Hostages Escaped Synagogue as FBI SWAT Team Rushed In
An aerial view of police standing in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 16, 2022. Brandon Wade/AP Photo
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COLLEYVILLE, Texas—In the final moments of a 10-hour standoff with a gunman at a Texas synagogue, the remaining hostages and officials trying to negotiate their release took “near simultaneous plans of action,” with the hostages escaping as an FBI tactical team moved in, an official said Friday.

“I think we both kind of realized around the same time that: It’s time to go,” Matt DeSarno, the FBI’s special agent in charge in Dallas, said at a news conference.