The man who allegedly sold a handgun to the suspected terrorist who took hostages at a Texas synagogue earlier this month has been charged with a federal firearm crime.

Henry “Michael” Williams, a convicted felon, was charged on Tuesday in connection to selling the gun to British citizen Malik Faisal Akram. Akram took members of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue hostage during their livestreamed Saturday services earlier in January, capturing the rabbi and three others. After an 11-hour standoff between Akram and the police and FBI, the hostages escaped, and Akram was shot dead by federal agents.

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