Elton Simpson, reportedly one of the two gunmen responsible for the shooting in Garland, Texas, was convicted of lying to federal agents in 2010. The second gunman has been identified as his roommate, Nadir Soofi.
FBI officials identified one of the gunmen in the Texas attack as Phoenix-resident Elton Simpson, according to ABC News and the New York Times.
Simpson and another gunman, his roommate, identified by the Washington Post as Nadir Soofi, allegedly opened fire outside an event inviting people to draw the prophet Muhammad in Garland, Texas, on Sunday.
In a press conference Monday morning, Garland Police Department public information officer Joe Harn said that the two gunmen were at the exhibit "to shoot people."
Simpson, who was identified as an American Muslim, was indicted in January 2010 for making false statements to FBI agents. They claimed Simpson said he did not have plans to travel to Somalia despite an FBI informant recording a conversation indicating otherwise. The indictment also charged that the statement involved international and domestic terrorism, "for the purpose of engaging in violent jihad."
Simpson waived his right to trial by jury and instead elected to have a bench trial. He was sentenced to three years' probation.
Read the 2010 indictment against Elton Simpson:
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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