Information about the victims was not received.
An unidentified person took hostage visitors to the synagogue in American Colleyville, Texas.
This is reported by The Dallas Morning News with reference to the police.
According to police sergeant Dar Nelson, a morning service was being held at the synagogue. The Society broadcast on Facebook. Suddenly, a man shouted at the parishioners. However, the broadcast was removed from the social network.
An armed man took a rabbi and three other people hostage, ABC News reported. It is not yet known how many people are in the building. Information about the victims was not received.
Negotiators from the authorities contacted the suspect in hostage-taking. The deal involves the FBI and the Texas Department of Public Safety. Residents of the area were evacuated.
As reported, in the United States in the cities of Eugene, after the shooting at WOW Hall , six wounded were taken to the hospital . According to police and witnesses, an unidentified man started firing a pistol at people who had gathered at the back door of the venue where the concert was being held.
