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Starting with the event[br]that happened yesterday

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actually started several months ago

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when Garland ISD contacted us about[br]this event being booked there.

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There were security concerns with them

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and so from that we began to work[br]with the School District officials

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Garland officials and[br]Police Department officials

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to set up a security plan for this event.

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The security concerns that they have was

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because of the top event and[br]the speaker that they were having

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and issues that have been[br]with those folks before.

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The event was going very smoothly,[br]and about 10 minutes to 7,

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a dark-colored vehicle pulled up[br]to the west-entrance parking lot.

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There was a police car[br]there blocking that entrance

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a police officer in it along[br]with a GISD security officer.

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When that car pulled up and stopped,[br]those officers began to exit their vehicle

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and two men exited[br]the dark-colored Sedan.

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Both of them had assault rifles,[br]came around the back of the car

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and started shooting at the police car.

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The police officer in that car[br]began returning fire and struck both men,

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taking them down.

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He did what he was trained to do,[br]and under the fire that he was put under,

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he did a very good job.

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And probably saved lives.

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We think their strategy was to get to[br]the event center, into the event center

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and they were not able[br]to get past that outer perimeter

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that we had set up,[br]which was part of that security.

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