body armor. they were both from arizona, roommates. simpson had been on the government s radar for quite sometime. in 2006 he was investigated for involvement with another person the fbi was trying to set up in a terror cell in arizona. he was caught lying about travel plans to africa in an attempt to join the terror group there. all of this according to court paperwork. police in texas originally thought the two suspects had explosives in their vehicle but that was not the case. now they are digging into both men s past to see if the shooting was in fact inspired a torn terrorist organization like isis is now claiming
because of the way we were set up we were able to stop those men before they were able to penetrate the area or shoot any one else or attempt to shoot any one else. for that the plan was successful that we set up. the two men have been identified, elton simpson and nadier toufi. sichl son simpson is no stranger to authorities. he s the one who had the criminal record. court records show he was investigated in 2006 for his association with a suspect. the the fbi believed to be setting up a terrorist cell in arizona. now authorities are trying to figure out if this incident was inspired a foreign terrorist group. they have a lot of digging into their background that has to be done. thank you, casey.