A potential massacre was averted Sunday morning when a deacon and a church security guard acted decisively to stop an armed assailant outside CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, Michigan. The would-be attacker was killed before he could enter the sanctuary. One person—a member of the church’s security team—was injured in the exchange.
Roughly 150 worshippers, including a notably large number of children, were gathered for the 11 a.m. service when the shooter, a 31-year-old man, opened fire in the church parking lot. Livestream video from inside the building captured the tense moments as church leaders calmly instructed congregants to shelter at the rear of the sanctuary. “Get down,” someone can be heard saying, as people began to scramble. “Everybody to the back. Please, everybody, come to the back,” wrote People.
The gunman never made it inside.
According to Senior Pastor Bobby Kelly Jr., a church deacon arriving at the scene recognized the threat and rammed the shooter with his Ford F-150 pickup, wounding and disorienting him. That split-second decision created just enough time for a church security guard to confront and fatally shoot the assailant before police arrived.
That’s where the Second Amendment saved lives, according to the Wayne Police Chief.
#NEW: Wayne Police Chief Ryan Strong gives update on shooting outside a church in Wayne on Sunday. Strong said trained staffers "undoubtedly saved many lives and prevented a mass shooting." https://t.co/cZ9Rp2htJ6
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Wayne Police confirmed the sequence of events in a brief statement and emphasized the restraint and bravery shown by those on the scene. “This could have been far worse,” one officer said. “The quick actions of those individuals saved lives.”
The lone injury, sustained by the armed security guard, was reported as non-life-threatening. Authorities did not release the names of the suspect or the guard. Pastor Kelly told local media the shooter was not affiliated with the congregation and had no known ties to the church community.
In the hours following the attack, CrossPointe leadership began coordinating trauma care for families, especially for the many children present during the incident. “Our kids are strong, and our faith is stronger,” Kelly said. “We are leaning into God and into each other.”
The Wayne Police Department, supported by state and federal investigators, is continuing to probe the gunman’s identity and motive. A full statement is expected later Sunday.
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Leftists will probably be calling for F-150’s to be deemed as assault weapons.