![]() ![]() "He's amazing," Rosa told reporters about Engle. Engle retrieved his own gun from his car and held the man until police arrived, police said. In the struggle, the shooter shot himself, although it wasn't clear if it was on purpose or an accident. ![]() ![]() She and others got on their phones to call 911.Īnother church member, a 22-year-old usher named Robert Engle, tackled the gunman and suffered injuries when he was pistol whipped. Rosa said the reading that day had been from Luke, Chapter 8, and she recalled the part about a woman who touched Jesus and was cured of bleeding.īy the end of the shooting, she was on her knees, her dress stained with blood, putting pressure on the gunshot wound in Pastor Spann's chest. Police later recovered another pistol and a shotgun from the suspect's vehicle. He then walked through the church silently, shooting six more people before he was subdued by an usher, police said. The church pastor, David Spann, 60, shouted, "Run, run, gunshots!" as congregants hid under pews or in bathrooms, according to a witness.Ī masked gunman carrying two guns entered the church from the back after fatally shooting a woman outside, police said. (AP) - Witnesses and police described a chaotic scene as a masked attacker armed with two guns shot seven people, killing one, in a Tennessee church before he was subdued.īurnette Chapel Church of Christ member Minerva Rosa said members were talking about the success of their yard sale the previous day when they heard gunshots outside. ![]()
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