Houston megachurch holds healing and thanksgiving service a week after deadly shooting
Houston, US AP Celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch held a special service Sunday dedicated to healing and thanksgiving, a week after a woman opened fire in one of its hallways before being gunned down by security officers. Osteen’s Lakewood Church has not had services since the 11th February shooting that sent worshippers scrambling for safety. On Sunday, […]
Court documents identify Houston megachurch shooter and say AR-style rifle was used in attack
Houston, US AP The shooter who opened fire at a Texas megachurch before they were killed by security officers over the weekend was carrying an AR-style rifle, according to search warrant documents released by a prosecutor’s office on Monday. The shooter was identified as 36-year-old Genesse Ivonne Moreno in an affidavit seeking a search warrant for a […]
Woman firing long gun in Joel Osteen’s church killed by two off-duty officers; young boy with her hurt
Houston, US AP A woman in a trenchcoat opened fire with a long gun inside celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Texas before being gunned down by two off-duty officers who confronted her, sending worshippers rushing from the building between busy Sunday services, authorities said. The woman entered the Houston church with a five-year-old boy […]
“United in sorrow”: Terror attack strikes Istanbul Catholic church known for its welcome
DAVID I KLEIN, of Religion News Service, reports from Turkey… Istanbul, Turkey RNS Gunshots rang out during Mass in Istanbul’s Santa Maria Italian Catholic Church on Sunday, as two gunmen assaulted the building, killing one in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group, also known as IS. According to church leaders, the victim, 52-year-old […]
Church shooting survivor: Gunman “disengaged”, sat alone
United StatesAP The 70-year-old suspected gunman in a shooting that killed three people at an Alabama church sat by himself drinking liquor, rejecting offers to join the others gathered at the potluck dinner, before gunfire shattered the peace of the evening, a survivor recalled. “It felt like he was disengaged,” Susan Sallin, 73, said. Sallin […]
After US church shooting, Iowa pastor tells flock: “God is near to the broken-hearted”
United StatesRNS At a Friday morning prayer service, stunned and shattered worshippers gathered to weep, pray, sing and mourn two young women killed at an Iowa church. The service was hours after a fatal shooting in the parking lot of Cornerstone Church in Ames, Iowa, home to Iowa State University. The shooting occurred on the […]
California church leaders, shooting survivors join in prayer
Laguna Woods, California AP When a gunman began shooting at a Taiwanese American church luncheon, Shoei Su said he froze. The retired appraiser uses a walker and said he and many of the elderly congregants didn’t immediately know what was happening. He said the shooter said nothing before firing on churchgoers who were snapping photos […]
Hate against Taiwanese led to US church attack – authorities
Laguna Woods, California, USAP A gunman in a deadly attack at a Southern California church was a Chinese immigrant motivated by hate for Taiwanese people, authorities said. The shooter killed Dr John Cheng, 52, and wounded five others during a lunch held by Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, which worships at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna […]
Updated: California churchgoers detained gunman in deadly attack
Updated: 11am (AEST)Laguna Woods, California, USAP Police say churchgoers detained the gunman who shot multiple people Sunday at a California church, calling their intervention an act of “exceptional heroism and bravery”. Police say the suspect in the shooting is an Asian male in his 60s who investigators do not believe lives in the community. A […]
US to pay $US88 million to families, victims of Charleston church massacre
Washington DC, USAP Families of nine victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church have reached a settlement with the Justice Department over a faulty background check that allowed Dylann Roof to purchase the gun he used in the 2015 massacre. The Justice Department will pay $US88 million, which includes $US63 million for the families of the nine […]