Posted on 12/17/2024 5:09:32 AM PST by daniel1212
Around 11:30 a.m. local time, a man dressed in all black exited a vehicle and started firing a rifle outside First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a Texas community of a few hundred people about 30 miles east of San Antonio, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
The gunman then entered the church, where services were underway, and continued to fire, officials said.
Eventually, as the gunman was leaving the church, a local resident who was armed with a rifle confronted the shooter, said Freeman Martin of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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Martin said there was an exchange of gunfire and the killer dropped his gun – a Ruger AR “assault-type rifle” – and sped away in a Ford Explorer. The armed resident, Stephen Willeford, hailed a man who was driving by and they pursued the shooter in a high-speed chase.
The gunman drove north into neighboring Guadalupe County, authorities said. Just across the county line, law enforcement officers found him dead inside his vehicle with gunshot wounds, ...
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President Donald Trump condemned the shooting as an “act of evil” and called it “horrific.”
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Also: CNN - The deadliest shooting in Texas history could have claimed even more lives if it weren’t for two strangers who jumped into action, authorities said. - https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/us/texas-church-shooting-resident-action/index.html
Movie: Miracle on 4th Street: https://tubitv.com/movies/622220/miracle-on-4th-street;
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I won’t read a CNN article. When a real journalist writes about it, I’ll read it.
So 7% of the town died in one day. Wow.
when are these churches and synagogs finally gonna wise up and ALWAYS have armed parishioners on duty during services and other functions?
they’ve become a favorite target for the insane ...
“When a real journalist writes about it, I’ll read it.”
There are none.
Dammit, PLEASE do NOT post these articles as if they just happened!
Why are you posting an article that’s 7 years old?
The last three churches I’ve attended were armed.
Article is from 2017. Why are you posting it?
I’d have thought more than you & I had noticed.
Same question.
Not the first time military authorities have FAILED TO COMMUNICATE a "disqualifying event" to civilian authorities.
a Ruger AR “assault-type rifle”
Would the death rate have been less if he had used a Remington Model 8 rifle made in 1906? Yes, 1906! Available through the mail at that time.
https://www.imfdb.org/images/0/04/Remington_Model_8_Extended_Mag.jpg
Remember, between 1962 and 1984 the promise of the democrat gun grabbers was always “We ONLY want to register and ban HANDGUNS! Rifles will not be affected!”
Then in 1984, they saw rifles as a “target of opportunity” and went after them.
We have both armed LEOs and civilians carrying at every service. Church of 6K members.
All the synagogues I’ve been to in the last 5 years (and several synagogues before) have armed off duty police officers in uniform at the door.
Ya never know when someone will go all spontaneous “allahu akhbar” on you.
Thanks! Almost forgot about that one.
Clickable version of the links you provided below
excerpts https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/us/texas-church-shooting-what-we-know/index.html
Also: CNN - The deadliest shooting in Texas history could have claimed even more lives if it weren’t for two strangers who jumped into action, authorities said. -
https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/us/texas-church-shooting-resident-action/index.html
Movie: Miracle on 4th Street: https://tubitv.com/movies/622220/miracle-on-4th-street
CNN brings up a years old story to provide cover for a girl shooting up a Christian school.
What a pack of losers. Why not the tranny who killed six?
So, which psych med is he on? They always are. Maybe someday people will see the connection.
That is absurd. Even a "hostile witness" can provide truthful testimony. But all you need to do is search Sutherland Springs church shooting
One source: https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/article/Sutherland-Springs-documentary-Miracle-on-4th-15972521.php
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