OurCalling, a faith-based outreach center in Downtown Dallas confirms they hosted synagogue hostage-taker, Malik Faisal Akram, two weeks before he took four hostages at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville.
OurCalling released an intake photo of Akram, taken around 10:00 p.m. the night of January 2. Akram presented as a homeless person in need of shelter. He spent that night at OurCalling and departed the next day.
The shelter is typically operational only during the daytime, but opens its doors at night when temperatures are below freezing.
"We take security very seriously, because we want to protect our most valuable neighbors. He misrepresented himself, like a wolf in sheep’s clothing," a statement from OurCalling reads.
"Now more than ever, OurCalling needs the support of the community as we help individuals out of their vulnerable state and off the streets."
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