Henry “Michael” Williams had already been convicted of a felony and wasn’t even supposed to have a gun himself, federal authorities say, but that didn’t stop him from selling a handgun to a man he recalled only as someone with a “British accent.” The man with the accent was Malik...
Henry “Michael” Williams had already been convicted of a felony and wasn’t even supposed to have a gun himself, federal authorities say, but that didn’t stop him from selling a handgun to a man he recalled only as someone with a “British accent.”
Williams had sold Akram the semiautomatic Taurus G2C pistol in South Dallas two days before the hostage crisis, the U.S. Department of Justice in North Texas said in a press release Wednesday. He’s now facing a federal firearms charge.According to the criminal complaint, Williams had previously been convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and attempted possession of a controlled substance.
“Federal firearm laws are designed to keep guns from falling into dangerous hands,” said U.S. Attorney Chad E. Meacham in the release. “As a convicted felon, Mr. Williams was prohibited from carrying, acquiring, or selling firearms.” In the release, Dallas FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno said agents had worked “around the clock” to uncover how Akram “acquired the weapon he used to terrorize worshipers at Colleyville’s Congregation Beth Israel synagogue.”The FBI has said that Akram traveled from the U.K. to the United States late last year, and that by taking the hostages, he had hoped to
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