A man accused of selling the gun used in the hostage-taking at a Texas synagogue earlier this month has been federally charged.
Henry “Michael” Williams , 32, …
A man accused of selling the gun used in the hostage-taking at a Texas synagogue earlier this month has been federally charged. Henry “Michael” Williams,32, was charged on Tuesday for being a felon in possession of a firearm, which carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison. According to court documents, Williams — a felon who was previously convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and attempted possession of a controlled substance — admitted to investigators that he sold Malik Fairsal Akram the gun used during the attack. Williams allegedly said he sold Akram a semiautomatic Taurus G2C pistol on Jan.
