Multiple law enforcement agencies responded Saturday to a Texas synagogue in what the White House called a "developing hostage situation."
Authorities were negotiating with a man inside and one male hostage was released uninjured Saturday evening, according to Colleyville Police Department Sgt. Dara Nelson. The man does not require medical attention, Nelson added.
The hostage-taker is calling for the release oof Aafia Siddiqui, who was sentenced in 2010 to 86 years in prison for the attempted murder and assault of U.S. nationals and U.S. officers and employees in Afghanistan, a law enforcement official said. Siddiqui is in federal prison in Forth Worth, Texas. The relationship between the hostage taker and the prisoner is unclear, said the official who is not authorized to comment publicly. A rabbi and three others were among the hostages.