Michigan Church Deacon Ran Over Active Shooter With a Ford F-150 Truck: Reports
Parishioners at a church in Wayne, MI, ran for their lives in the midst of an active shooter scare. Outside, a deacon and security guard were teaming up in different ways to put an end to the threat.
The moment the parishioners learned something was happening outside CrossPointe Community Church was captured on video.
It turned out that a security guard at the church shot and killed the active shooter, according to Click on Detroit.
Another person - later named as that security guard - was shot in the leg, the television station reported, adding that the church was live streaming the service when the shooting erupted.
The Detroit News reported that the security guard shot the suspect after "a member ran the shooter over in a Ford F-150 truck." That member was a deacon at the church, the newspaper noted.
"He was run over by one of our members who saw this happening when he was coming into church," Pastor Bobby Kelly Jr. said to the Detroit News.
The video shows a woman addressing the congregation before people started to become aware that something bad was unfolding off camera. They then ducked and ran out of the church.
Wayne Police Deputy Chief Finley Carter told the Detroit News that the suspect, 31, was not a member. His name was not released. The motive was not clear.
A "special vacation Bible school service" was being held at the church when the shooting occurred, but the active shooter never made it inside the building, the newspaper reported.
The newspaper added that the church had added a security team in response to other violence that occurred at church in different areas of the country.Michigan Church Deacon Ran Over Active Shooter With a Ford F-150 Truck: Reports first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 22, 2025
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