Days after churchgoers left their pews mid-sermon to tackle a gunman, they returned to their seats at First Baptist Church in Norwood, Mo., to talk through the experience with chaplains. Photo courtesy of The Pathway.
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Days after churchgoers left their pews mid-sermon to tackle a gunman armed with a .357 magnum revolver, they returned to their seats at First Baptist Church in Norwood, Mo., for Bible study and to talk through the experience with chaplains.
Many were quiet at first, but by the end of the evening most of the 25 people present began to open up about the traumatic events of July 21 that left the congregation shaken but uninjured.
A man identified in court documents as Earnest J. Smith entered the church that Sunday morning and fired two shots -- one into the ceiling and one at the floor between himself and the pastor -- before being tackled and subdued.
Shoots the floor and ceiling instead of a person? Given he had the means and opportunity to kill and didn't sounds like this guy was crying out for help somehow.
ReplyDeleteMental institutions need to be brought back. There are people that need help and have nowhere to go. They are ignored instead and this is what we are left to deal with.
It sounded like one of the shots narrowly missed the pastor. Being another lawful gun owner with severe mental problems, he was probably just a bad shot. To assume he missed on purpose is a bit of a stretch.
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