911 recordings reveal terror during tense hostage situation at Colleyville synagogue WFAA obtained 911 recordings and bodycam footage from Colleyville PD, days before the one-year mark since the hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel.

January 12, 2023   

(WFAA) The 911 calls poured in on the morning of Jan. 15, 2022.

A British citizen who traveled to the U.S. and across the country entered Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville while a Sabbath service was being livestreamed.

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, the rabbi at the time, welcomed him in with tea. The man told a story of homelessness. Cytron-Walker and another member of the congregation believed his story checked out.

Then, Cytron-Walker heard the sound of a gun click.

That was the moment Malik Faisal Akram took Cytron-Walker and three others hostage.

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