2 dead in Texas after shooting at police officer outside of controversial art show

Outside where the shooting took place.
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Police in Garland, Texas, say officers shot and killed two men Sunday afternoon after they pulled up to a building and shot a Garland Independent School District officer.

The incident took place outside the Curtis Culwell Center, which is hosting the Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest, a controversial event organized by the American Freedom Defense Initiative featuring cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, NBC 5 reports. The group said it held the event to take a stand against intimidation by violence. People inside the center were taken by Garland SWAT to a nearby high school, and businesses in the vicinity were evacuated. Police also searched vehicles in the center's parking lot, looking for explosives.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.