2010 indictment against Muhammad cartoon gunman Elton Simpson
Elton Simpson, one of two gunmen killed when they opened fire outside a controversial Muhammad cartoon event in Garland, Texas on Sunday, was prosecuted in 2010 in federal court in Phoenix for making false statements to FBI agents about going to Somalia to engage in jihad. He was found guilty of making the false statements, but the judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to conclude that the crime was directly involved to “international terrorism.”