Yikes! That says the gunman was already INSIDE the church’s foyer when he started shooting. And the nursery school was just letting out nearby!
God bless that sharpshooting woman, whoever she is! She saved untold numbers of lives today.
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AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
Years ago, here in Fort Collins, a smallish church had a shooting incident. A deranged man decided to kill his ex-wife, and used his knowledge of her weekly schedule to track her down. Since she regularly attended church, he waited for her in the parking lot as it was time for it to let out. He shot at her, and as I recall, at others as well. But one of the church members, an off duty cop, packed heat as well, either concealed on his person or nearby in his car - I don't remember which. Anyway, he shot and killed the perp. What I don't recall, and wish I could, is whether the perp managed to kill his ex-wife or not before biting the dust. Sorry!
I won't name the cop, but he was a great guy. One year he was in the same BSF small group as myself (= Bible Study Fellowship). I lost touch with him after that, except once to see his name in all the papers, portrayed as a "bad guy". But after reading the details, I concluded the opposite was true. It turns out that this cop acquaintance of mine had to go to court to testify against a criminal, a criminal who had tried to kill him. And recently the judge in this court had made a change in courtroom policies, such that no one was allowed to have firearms on them in the courtroom, not even law officers. This policeman did not want to go unarmed into the same room as this scum who had tried to kill him, and told the judge so. The judge refused to budge, and so did he. The judge then cited him for contempt of court, and that's when it hit the papers. Personally, I saw the judge as the true "bad guy" in this case, and not the cop.