Michigan church shooting: Security guard kills gunman as at least one person wounded, police say
A gunman was shot and killed by a church security guard in Michigan on Sunday morning after deacon ran him down with a truck.
The City of Wayne, Michigan Police Department responded to a report of an active shooter at Crosspointe Community Church shortly after 11 a.m.
Upon arrival, officers found that the security guard had killed the suspect.
At least one other person, another security guard, was shot in the leg. Several shots were fired into the church.
Senior Pastor Bobby Kelly Jr. told The Detroit News that a deacon ran the shooter over, giving a security guard time to shoot the armed attacker outside the church.
'He was run over by one of our members who saw this happening when he was coming into church,' Kelly said.
Video from the church's livestream on YouTube shows the moment the crowd reacts to the suspected active shooter.
As the service was concluding and congregants clapped, shouting could be heard off-screen.
People in the church then begin to duck down behind chairs while others run from the room.
A church official instructs people to come to the back of the room.
'Everybody to the back, please, everybody come to the back. Come to the back,' the person yells, before what appears to be a shot is heard.
The sound is then cut, and people continue to exit.
Pastor Kelly said roughly 150 people were at a special vacation Bible school service Sunday when the shooting occurred, meaning that more children than usual were in attendance.
He said the shooter's identity is unknown at this time, but the attacker does not appear to be a member of the congregation.
The church has had security on sight for about a decade in response to violence committed at other places of worship around the U.S., although there have never been any direct threats made.
'We are sitting ducks to someone who wants to come and do harm,' Kelly said.
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