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Police: 2 parishioners shot and killed Texas church gunman

Continued from Front sponded to the shooter, up from a pew and talking
calling him a dear friend. to someone at the back
"I would like to point out "He was trying to do what of the church before pull-
that we have a couple of he needed to do to pro- ing out a gun and opening
heroic parishioners who tect the rest of us," said the fire. Parishioners can then
stopped short of just any- elder, Mike Tinius. be heard screaming and
thing that you can even "It's extremely upsetting to seen ducking under pews
imagine, saved countless see anyone committing or running as papers fly to
lives, and our hearts are violence," he said. the floor.
going out to them and their A woman who answered More than 100 people, in-
families as well." the phone at the West cluding children, can be
Authorities have released Freeway Church of Christ seen sitting in the pews Authorities continue to work the scene of a fatal shooting where
scant details about the vic- told the AP she could not from the livestream's view- multiple people were shot at a church, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019,
tims, the shooter and what answer any questions and point. in White Settlement, Texas.
led to the attack. that she was told to direct Two people with minor inju- Associated Press
An elder at the church told inquiries to authorities. ries sustained while ducking Macara Trusty said. the community of White
the New York Times that In a livestream of the for cover were treated at Gov. Greg Abbott asked Settlement, about 8 miles
one of those killed was church service, the gun- the scene, MedStar Mobile the state to pray for the vic- (12 kilometers) west of Fort
a security guard who re- man can be seen getting Healthcare spokeswoman tims, their loved ones and Worth.q