Posted on 12/30/2019 6:22:14 AM PST by Morgana
On Sunday, during what would otherwise likely be a quiet worship service at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas, an armed gunman entered the church and after talking to a man for several minutes in the corner, pulled out a shotgun and opened fire.
The gunman, as was witnessed in recorded video of the entire incident, barely managed to get off more than a few rounds before an armed security guard standing 50 feet away from the shooter drew his pistol and fired a single shot, instantly killing the gunman with what appeared to be a perfectly placed head shot.
Late Sunday night, reports began to emerge via social media that the hero who managed to severely mitigate the loss of life inside the church by quickly killing the gunman is reportedly identified as a local man by the name of Jack Wilson, who also happens to reportedly be a long-time, certified firearms instructor.
“Seeing posts starting to come in that the hero who stopped the Texas church shooter is Jack Wilson, the owner of On Target Shooting Academy. From ~50ft he drew his weapon under pressure and fired one shot to the terrorist’s swiftly moving head in just 2 seconds. Hero,” a tweet posted by Caleb Hill with a picture of the reported security guard.
Going by numerous reports on social media, the hero Texan has a great reputation in the community and possibly runs a firearms training school. There are also reports from reported locals that he’s a retired FBI employee, though that hasn’t yet been confirmed either.
Wilson, if he was the hero who saved the day, managed to confidently and safely end the gunman’s life with one precision shot to the armed gunman’s head, which he is currently being highly praised for on social media.
A Facebook profile picture of Jack Wilson indicates that he owns a company called On Target LTC, LLC.
No major media outlets have confirmed that Jack Wilson, as pictured above, is confirmed as the hero who ended the shooting, though social media reports are rapidly being spread that he is, in fact, the individual in the video who took the gunman down.
If this information should change, we will update the post accordingly.
Unfortunately, one innocent life was lost in the church shooting, however, without the hero’s quick actions, presumably many more would have followed.
Update 8:18am : Heavy.com is reporting that Jack Wilson is running for county commissioner in Hood County, TX. He reportedly posted a status update on a Facebook page for his campaign saying he “to take out an active shooter in church.”
Oh boy, this man for president!
Someone picked the wrong House to start shooting in.
The guy is a good shot, the video shows the Good Guy as the back of the church and the dirt bag down front and one shot to the head ended the threat....
So much for the FBI story. And still, no details about the shooter. They are covering something up
Looks like you can do a shooting in Texas but you won’t live long enough to make it a mass shooting.
Was this patriot part of that security team, or just a worshiper exercising his Second Amendment rights?
One shot one kill that’s the way it’s done.
Someone will likely get a pink slip for that.
Sad an innocent like was snuffed out by a scum bag, the good thing to come out of this may be many will probably decide to CC and sign up with,On Target LTC, LLC.
Heck of a promo ad though
God Bless Jack Wilson.
God Bless the member of Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas.
” an armed security guard standing 50 feet away” as stated
The article says he was the head of the security team.
That is the textbook definition of gun control.
At that other big church shooting a couple years ago, it also was a firearms instructor who came to the rescue. He wasn’t a church member, but knew most of the members (small town), heard the shooting, and came running.
Thank you sir! God bless you.
Anyone have a link to the video of this? All the ones I find have been scrubbed and sanitized.
And the media is apoplectic about having to show a good guy taking out a bad guy with his own gun. It destroys every fun free zone argument that can ever be made.
Good guy stops bad guy is great. Now it’s time to ID the bad guy and what his deal was.
It hasn't even been 24 hours since the shooting and you expect a full background investigation with names, addresses and phone numbers.
I prefer to wait until a full investigation is completed. Anything till then is just speculation, heresay and guessing......
“And still, no details about the shooter. They are covering something up”
As I have said in other posts, I don’t care if we never hear the perps name. Just calling him “Dead” is enough for me.
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