{"id":169824,"date":"2022-10-26T00:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T04:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=169824"},"modified":"2022-10-26T00:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T10:54:58","slug":"convicted-felon-sentenced-to-8-years-for-selling-gun-to-synagogue-hostage-taker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/convicted-felon-sentenced-to-8-years-for-selling-gun-to-synagogue-hostage-taker\/","title":{"rendered":"Convicted Felon Sentenced to 8 Years for Selling Gun to Synagogue Hostage-Taker\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gun seller sentenced in connection to Texas synagogue hostage situation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ryoO_HDK1v4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A convicted felon this week was sentenced to 8 years in prison for selling a gun to Malik Faisal Akram, the suspect involved in the hostage crisis at Colleyville\u2019s Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in the Dallas-Fort Worth area last January. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry \u201cMichael\u201d Dwight Williams, 33, will spend 95 months behind bars after he admitted to possessing and selling a handgun despite a prior felony conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and attempted possession of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams sold his Taurus G2C pistol to Akram on Jan. 13. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/woke-oregon-students-walkout-to-support-gun-control-measure-114\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"convicted-felon-sentenced-to-8-years-for-selling-gun-to-synagogue-hostage-taker\" title=\"Convicted Felon Sentenced to 8 Years for Selling Gun to Synagogue Hostage-Taker\u00a0\">Woke Oregon Students Walkout to Support Gun-Control Measure 114<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Akram would then use the handgun on Jan. 15 to hold four people hostage at the synagogue for around 10 hours before federal law enforcement gunned him down. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, all four hostages were safely evacuated. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis defendant, a convicted felon, had no business carrying \u2013 much less buying and selling \u2013 firearms. Whether he suspected his buyer would use the gun to menace a community of faith is legally irrelevant: In the U.S., convicted felons cannot possess firearms,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Chad Meacham in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndtx\/pr\/man-who-sold-pistol-used-synagogue-hostage-crisis-sentenced-95-months-prison-gun-crime\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"convicted-felon-sentenced-to-8-years-for-selling-gun-to-synagogue-hostage-taker\" title=\"Convicted Felon Sentenced to 8 Years for Selling Gun to Synagogue Hostage-Taker\u00a0\">press release<\/a> obtained by GunsAmerica. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cThe Justice Department is committed to prosecuting those who violate our nation\u2019s federal firearm laws, which are designed to keep guns from falling into the hands of dangerous offenders,\u201d Meacham continued.&nbsp; \u201cWe are grateful to the FBI, which sprang into action as soon as the synagogue hostage crisis began, and to the agents who worked tirelessly to track the weapon from Mr. Akram to the defendant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FBI examined Williams\u2019 cellphone records and found that he had made several calls to Akram from Jan. 11 through Jan. 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two men met on Jan. 13 at an intersection in South Dallas.\u00a0 Williams said that\u2019s where he sold Akram the gun. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">**<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A convicted felon this week was sentenced to 8 years in prison for selling a gun to Malik Faisal Akram, the suspect involved in the hostage crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":169825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,216,240],"tags":[132,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-169824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-current-events","8":"category-s-h-blannelberry","9":"category-this-week","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Convicted Felon Sentenced to 8 Years for Selling Gun to Synagogue Hostage-Taker\u00a0<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Henry \u201cMichael\u201d Dwight Williams, 33, will spend 95 months behind bars after he admitted to possessing and selling a handgun as a felon.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/convicted-felon-sentenced-to-8-years-for-selling-gun-to-synagogue-hostage-taker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Convicted Felon Sentenced to 8 Years for Selling Gun to Synagogue Hostage-Taker\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A convicted felon this week was sentenced to 8 years in prison for selling a gun to Malik Faisal Akram, the suspect involved in the hostage crisis.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/convicted-felon-sentenced-to-8-years-for-selling-gun-to-synagogue-hostage-taker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-26T04:50:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-08T10:54:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Convicted-felon.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"729\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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