# Hostages taken at Texas synagogue - Breaking News **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 15, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostages-taken-at-texas-synagogue-breaking-news/957867 "2022-01-15T21:14:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostages-taken-at-texas-synagogue-breaking-news/957867/41 "2022-01-18T19:27:35Z")
After the innocents had already evacuated? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostages-taken-at-texas-synagogue-breaking-news/957867/42 "2022-01-18T19:33:37Z")
From the video it seems the hostages left about 15 seconds ahead of the gunshots. Given that the hostage taker was last seen waving a gun at the fleeing hostages, I suspect he was still waving it around when the synagogue was stormed. And those storming may well not have known that the hostages just popped out the back door. I’ve never been in any similar situation, but working where I do, I’ve had training at being a hostage (gee, that was fun) and recall being told that things tend to get very chaotic/random/violent before things calm down. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostages-taken-at-texas-synagogue-breaking-news/957867/43 "2022-01-18T19:33:57Z")
Well, I was talking about shooting the terrorist to terminate brain function being standard tactics if you do go in. Because obviously the team taking him down are at risk too. I’m not sure why they decided to go into the building at that point. It seemed to happen very soon after the hostages ran out - perhaps they realized things were going south (as the rabbi said) in the last hour, and they had already decided to storm the building before the hostages took matters into their own hands and proactively escaped. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostages-taken-at-texas-synagogue-breaking-news/957867/44 "2022-01-18T19:42:17Z")
I live 2 blocks from the Colleyville border, and just a few miles from the synagogue. I’ve passed many times but only because it connects one major road with another. IOW, it’s not near anything but suburbs. What gets me about this is - why Colleyville? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostages-taken-at-texas-synagogue-breaking-news/957867/45 "2022-01-18T20:05:09Z")
Allegedly, the closest Synagogue to where his object of desire is being held (the one he wanted released): > **[A Closer Look at the Case of Aafia Siddiqui, Jailed in Texas](https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/a-closer-look-at-the-case-of-aafia-siddiqui-jailed-in-texas/2859907/)** > > Take a closer look at the case for Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman who is imprisoned nearby on charges of trying to kill American service members in Afghanistan. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostages-taken-at-texas-synagogue-breaking-news/957867/46 "2022-01-18T21:34:46Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Are you implying that there’s anything controversial in this, or am I reading too much into your phrasing? No. I just think we don’t have the full story yet, which is probably normal at this stage. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostages-taken-at-texas-synagogue-breaking-news/957867/47 "2022-01-19T05:46:20Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I’m not sure why they decided to go into the building at that point. I am not at all on expert on this, but I’m relatively sure there’s some sort of rapid response team nearby at all times in situations like this so that they can storm the building if shit goes south. Well, shit went south, so they stormed the building (it looks like to me). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostages-taken-at-texas-synagogue-breaking-news/957867/48 "2022-01-26T20:41:13Z")
Good news, everyone! [https://apnews.com/article/europe-texas-arrests-manchester-england-bcc4da879fe9bf31870995ae6249508e](https://apnews.com/article/europe-texas-arrests-manchester-england-bcc4da879fe9bf31870995ae6249508e) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostages-taken-at-texas-synagogue-breaking-news/957867/49 "2022-01-26T21:33:50Z")
So in it was apparently a “private sale” by a convicted felon — it was illegal for the _seller_ to acquire it to begin with it. So the chain doesn’t necessarily stop there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostages-taken-at-texas-synagogue-breaking-news/957867.md?page=2)