Posted on 06/24/2025 9:35:09 AM PDT by DFG
A former West Point hopeful made ominous Facebook posts weeks before he opened fire on a church with an AR-15.
Brian Anthony Browning, 31, was shot dead by security guards at CrossPointe Church in Wayne, a suburb of Detroit, on Sunday morning.
Exactly four weeks before the shooting, on May 25, Browning posted a screenshot of his Facebook feed making his feelings about the church clear.
The image showed a video of CrossPointe's April 13 service above one by popular YouTuber PewDiePie titled 'The Biggest Liar Cheapskate!'
'Sometimes God will very "subtly" show you the signs,' he wrote.
Two days later he made an even more ominous post that appeared to blame the church for the death of his friend Tyler Piner.
'You have not only lied to men, but have lied unto the Spirit of the Lord. His blood is on your hands CrossPointe Community Church,' he wrote, tagging the church.
The post included a selfie of Piner, who died on May 18 aged 29, in front of CrossPointe that he posted to his own page on August 14, 2022.
Piner, a father-of-two, lived in Bay City, Michigan, at the time of his death, but lived in Wayne at the time the photo was taken.
His cause of death is not yet known, but he spent time in jail for drug and domestic violence crimes in 2015 and 2018, and suffered from sleep apnea.
Piner's family offered a $2,000 reward for information 'leading to arrest of drug dealer serving death' and asked for camera footage of street from May 18.
'These ppl they killed my brother and then ran!' his sister Leticia Sanchez wrote.
The connection between Browning and Piner and why Browning blamed CrossPointe church for his death is unclear.
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Knew a kid just like him back home. He was a pretty chunky guy until we hit highschool. He found ROTC and just blossomed. Lost all the weight and was 100% all in for the Marines. Senior year, his mom found a bag of weed in his room. She told him she was going to tell his ROTC Commander and his recruiter. He pulled a 12 GA out of his closet and offed himself right in front of her. That was a very sad couple of weeks. Everyone liked him. RIP Dale.
Which pharmaceuticals was this guy taking?
What year?
A 31 year old West Point hopeful?
“ Browning’s proud father Tony posted a photo of his West Point nomination letter from Senator Debbie Stabenow from December 16, 2011.”
He didn’t get into West Point. Didn’t attend West Point
These cretins need to leave the military and West appoint out of it. Debbie Stevens’s said he has promise? Who is she? Who cares.
My educated guess is that after HS he slowly descended into the chaos of schizophrenia.
Thanks to our founding fathers, most American places of worship aren’t sitting ducks. Now if that just included our schools…
Brit moron.
Top ROTC guy in high school is not ‘tipped for military greatness’
Brit moron.
Top ROTC guy in high school is not ‘tipped for military greatness’
I had a 70some year old relative die still hopeful that his talent would become recognized so he could become the 5th Beatle.
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