Elton Simpson used the hashtag #texasattack shortly before he and Nadir Soofi opened fire on police outside the event in Garland.
Speaking with the AP after having been briefed on the federal investigation, Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, the chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, said that Simpson tweeted the hashtag #texasattack some 20 minutes before he opened fire on officers outside the event.
McCaul also said that Simpson's account included images of American al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, and that his final tweet had said: "May Allah accept us as mujahideen," or warriors of jihad.
The account @atawaakul matches McCaul's description. It has since been suspended. Here's the tweet he sent before he and Nadir Soofi got out of a black sedan holding guns and opened fire on the officers:
This account has been suspended
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