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.”
Jack Wilson is a big time Trump supporter. All the more reason for CNN and channels to downplay the story or attempt to say he was a white supremist.
It was at least.................
It looks like the guy sitting along the wall was trying to pull a gun from behind his back but was a little too slow. He may be the one who died because it looks like he was shot. I feel so bad for the church goers who will probably be afraid to go back.
His old shooting range burned down (electrical fire?) and his neighbors were opposed to it reopening.
They know who he was and say he has a criminal arrest record but have not elaborated at this time.
The identity of the actor still is not public though the LE at the presser stated he is known.
Hence the reason why the fbi is scrubbing the perps social media profile and hope he fades away.
The Rats need to choke on this one.
My church has about 30-50 members every weekend. We have one assigned as security. I know for a fact that there are at least 4 more that have CCW. I'm sure there are even more that haven't told anyone they carry.
I wouldn't be surprised to see up to 10 guns appear in a situation like this one was. A mass shooting in Texas always surprises me as I find it hard to believe you could get more than a couple of shots off before you met your maker.
The shooting in WalMart in El Paso was unbelievable to me. Out of that many people there was not one CCW,....in Texas? Not likely.
Head shot from 50 feet? A lot of us can probably do that every shot. Two seconds flat, while the bad guy is firing a shotgun? That takes a lot of training - and guts.
That’s what it looked like to me as well. He was gonna shoot the first guy-then turned when the other guy pulled his pistol out. Rest In Peace. He saved lives too by drawing the gunmans attention.
Good shooting, Citizen, Civilization thanks you.
I just found out that the innocent man who died in his daughter’s arms was a high school classmate of my brother in law. His name is Tony.
Former sheriff or sheriff’s dpty not FBI. Would love to see exactly who started the FBI story.
Trained law abiding citizens minimized the number of lives that were lost in a church in Fort Worth, TX. The same practices can be applied with the same success at schools. Teachers can be trained just like church members can. There need not be any soft targets in a nation with a constitution that allows citizens to be armed. People should pay attention to who wants to deny us the right to protect ourselves and why they want to do so.
“One shot one kill that’s the way it’s done.”
...Amen.
Two seconds after he draws.
Time from start of draw to shot, 5.3 seconds according to John Correia, who analyses these videos for a living.
By professional standards, the draw could have been faster.
I cannot fault his shooting. I hope to measure the distance precisely in the near future.
I will get an interview, if I can.
Have you seen the video? The security team would appear to be dressed in black.
Actually, it’s wrong of them to identify the shooter. The response should have been, “It could have been any of us.”. Or it could have been, “We don’t know, we just found this silver bullet.”
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