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Heard the Pastor of the church’s news conference.

He could not add much but did say:

The Shooter was not known by his church - just walked on to the church property and started shooting.

The security guard was a volunteer who has a license to carry and use the firearm....not an off duty police officer.

He also said this security officer had been stationed right in the middle of their front rotunda because of the precautionary measures they took as a result of the earlier shootings.

She ran toward the shooter and took him out! She probably saved at least 100 lives.

Her usual post is near the Pastor - as his personal security.

This church had an action plan for just such an occurrance and it went into action - with dozens of volunteers helping move people to predesignated safe places (and it sounded like maybe each group had an armed person with them as protection...but that was not spelled out).

This Pastor of course said his church was providing grief counselors for any and all who wanted it and were hurting so much for those who were shot and their families.....AND he said they were praying for the family of the shooter because he knew the boy had a mother and a dad and he knew they would be grieving too.

He praised God for giving them the wisdom to add the extra security measures after hearing about the earlier shooting (a staff member came into the pastor’s study at 7:30 am and informed him of what had happened earlier and that he recommended added security - and the Pastor said - “That sounds like a good idea.”)

He also praised the security guard, saying she was a member there and would usually spend one of the services in worship and the other one as the volunteer security guard....(evidently for him personally).

Thank you, dear God, for giving this church and its leaders and its members the wisdom and knowledge and the right people at the right time to keep this tragedy from being so much more terrible.

(God gives wisdom to those who seek it from Him).