Texas synagogue siege: hostages safe and gunman dead after 10-hour standoff

FBI stormed building hours after the man took four people, including a rabbi, captive during a livestreamed Shabbat service

All four hostages at a Texas synagogue have been released unharmed and the captor pronounced dead more than 10 hours after he disrupted a religious service and began a tense stand-off with police.

The gunman had initially taken four people, including the rabbi, hostage at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. One hostage was released unharmed six hours later.