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Re: Tranny 'woman' who opened fire at Joel Osteen's megachurch killed by police
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Feb 12, 2024, 8:52:57 PM2/12/24
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On 21 May 2022, Lefty Lundquist <lefty_l...@ggmail.com> posted some
news:t6aika$rhm$1...@dont-email.me:
> That's how to handle someone abusing a firearm. Kill them. Save the
> cost of a trial.
A female shooter opened fire on Sunday afternoon at pastor Joel Osteen’s
Lakewood Church in Houston, which has one of the nation’s largest
congregations. She was fatally shot by off-duty officers. No one else at
the church died.
The woman, between the ages of 30 and 35, entered the church at 1:53
p.m. wearing a trench coat and a backpack and carrying a long rifle,
Houston police Chief Troy Finner said during a Sunday press conference
after the shooting. A young child who police said was approximately 4 to
5 years old accompanied her.
The woman began shooting upon entering the church. Two off-duty officers
shot the female shooter, who died on scene, according to authorities.
The child was also shot and is in critical condition at Texas Children’s
Hospital, but officers were unclear about how the child was injured.
Another 57-year-old man — unassociated with the shooter — was shot in
the leg and is being treated.
The shooter threatened that she had a bomb, so officers searched her
vehicle and backpack but did not recover any explosives, police said.
They continued a search of the church, which seats more than 16,000
people, on Sunday afternoon. Officers also said the shooter was spraying
an unidentifiable substance, prompting officers to call upon the Houston
Fire Department and hazmat units. Fire Chief Samuel Peña said they found
“nothing of concern.”
Law enforcement did not identify the shooter’s motive or her identity.
She entered the church minutes before the start of the 2 p.m.
Spanish-language service.
“It’s unfortunate that on the day we want to attend church and watch
America’s No. 1 sports event, we find ourselves gathered here to respond
to this tragedy,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said during the press
conference. “We want Houstonians to know they are being protected by
their first responders.”
Whitmire thanked first responders for their collaboration. Officers from
the Harris County Sheriff's Department, Houston Fire Department and
Houston Police Department were on scene. The two off-duty agents who
shot the shooter were from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and
the Houston Police Department.
Lakewood Church is about 6 miles outside of downtown Houston in the
former arena for the Houston Rockets. The nondenominational, evangelical
Christian church attracts people from across the country both in person
and online.
Osteen, known for his best-selling books and as a televangelist, said at
the press conference that he was devastated and “in a fog.”
“We don’t understand why these things happen, but we know God is in
control,” Osteen said. “We are going to pray for the little 5-year-old
boy and the lady that was deceased, her family, and the other
gentlemen."
Gov. Greg Abbott said he had been in contact with Whitmire and offered
state resources, including Department of Public Safety officers and
Texas Rangers.
“Our hearts are with those impacted by today’s tragic shooting and the
entire Lakewood Church community in Houston,” Abbott said. “Places of
worship are sacred.”
Several mass shootings have occurred in U.S. houses of worship in recent
years, including the November 2017 shooting at the First Baptist Church
of Sutherland Springs. Twenty-six people were killed and 20 others were
wounded when a gunman opened fire on parishioners in the rural town east
of San Antonio.
In December 2019, a man shot and killed two people during a church
service at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, a suburb
of Fort Worth. A church member shot and killed him in seconds. A Texas
law passed in response to the Sutherland Springs shooting allows
licensed handgun owners to carry those weapons in places of worship. The
White Settlement church formed a volunteer security team in response to
that law.
The Sutherland Springs shooting occurred just months before a school
shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, which prompted Abbott to host a series of
discussions to identify solutions to gun violence. Lawmakers heard from
statewide leaders, school officers and law enforcement, with some
proposing universal background checks and policies to keep guns away
from people who “pose an immediate danger.”.
But year after year, lawmakers have largely rejected measures that would
limit access to guns, instead focusing on enhancing school security and
adding more mental health services. Last year, lawmakers filed a slate
of gun control bills as they convened for the first time since the
Uvalde school shooting in which an 18-year-old gunman shot and killed 19
students and two teachers. The vast majority of those bills stalled,
including a measure that would have raised the age to purchase a
semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21 that Uvalde families spent months
pushing.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/11/shooter-megachurch-joel-osteen-ho
uston/
news:t6aika$rhm$1...@dont-email.me:
> That's how to handle someone abusing a firearm. Kill them. Save the
> cost of a trial.
A female shooter opened fire on Sunday afternoon at pastor Joel Osteen’s
Lakewood Church in Houston, which has one of the nation’s largest
congregations. She was fatally shot by off-duty officers. No one else at
the church died.
The woman, between the ages of 30 and 35, entered the church at 1:53
p.m. wearing a trench coat and a backpack and carrying a long rifle,
Houston police Chief Troy Finner said during a Sunday press conference
after the shooting. A young child who police said was approximately 4 to
5 years old accompanied her.
The woman began shooting upon entering the church. Two off-duty officers
shot the female shooter, who died on scene, according to authorities.
The child was also shot and is in critical condition at Texas Children’s
Hospital, but officers were unclear about how the child was injured.
Another 57-year-old man — unassociated with the shooter — was shot in
the leg and is being treated.
The shooter threatened that she had a bomb, so officers searched her
vehicle and backpack but did not recover any explosives, police said.
They continued a search of the church, which seats more than 16,000
people, on Sunday afternoon. Officers also said the shooter was spraying
an unidentifiable substance, prompting officers to call upon the Houston
Fire Department and hazmat units. Fire Chief Samuel Peña said they found
“nothing of concern.”
Law enforcement did not identify the shooter’s motive or her identity.
She entered the church minutes before the start of the 2 p.m.
Spanish-language service.
“It’s unfortunate that on the day we want to attend church and watch
America’s No. 1 sports event, we find ourselves gathered here to respond
to this tragedy,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said during the press
conference. “We want Houstonians to know they are being protected by
their first responders.”
Whitmire thanked first responders for their collaboration. Officers from
the Harris County Sheriff's Department, Houston Fire Department and
Houston Police Department were on scene. The two off-duty agents who
shot the shooter were from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and
the Houston Police Department.
Lakewood Church is about 6 miles outside of downtown Houston in the
former arena for the Houston Rockets. The nondenominational, evangelical
Christian church attracts people from across the country both in person
and online.
Osteen, known for his best-selling books and as a televangelist, said at
the press conference that he was devastated and “in a fog.”
“We don’t understand why these things happen, but we know God is in
control,” Osteen said. “We are going to pray for the little 5-year-old
boy and the lady that was deceased, her family, and the other
gentlemen."
Gov. Greg Abbott said he had been in contact with Whitmire and offered
state resources, including Department of Public Safety officers and
Texas Rangers.
“Our hearts are with those impacted by today’s tragic shooting and the
entire Lakewood Church community in Houston,” Abbott said. “Places of
worship are sacred.”
Several mass shootings have occurred in U.S. houses of worship in recent
years, including the November 2017 shooting at the First Baptist Church
of Sutherland Springs. Twenty-six people were killed and 20 others were
wounded when a gunman opened fire on parishioners in the rural town east
of San Antonio.
In December 2019, a man shot and killed two people during a church
service at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, a suburb
of Fort Worth. A church member shot and killed him in seconds. A Texas
law passed in response to the Sutherland Springs shooting allows
licensed handgun owners to carry those weapons in places of worship. The
White Settlement church formed a volunteer security team in response to
that law.
The Sutherland Springs shooting occurred just months before a school
shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, which prompted Abbott to host a series of
discussions to identify solutions to gun violence. Lawmakers heard from
statewide leaders, school officers and law enforcement, with some
proposing universal background checks and policies to keep guns away
from people who “pose an immediate danger.”.
But year after year, lawmakers have largely rejected measures that would
limit access to guns, instead focusing on enhancing school security and
adding more mental health services. Last year, lawmakers filed a slate
of gun control bills as they convened for the first time since the
Uvalde school shooting in which an 18-year-old gunman shot and killed 19
students and two teachers. The vast majority of those bills stalled,
including a measure that would have raised the age to purchase a
semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21 that Uvalde families spent months
pushing.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/11/shooter-megachurch-joel-osteen-ho
uston/
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