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Houston megachurch holds healing and thanksgiving service a week after deadly shooting
By Juan A. Lozano — February 19, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) — Osteen's Lakewood Church has not had services since the Feb. 11 shooting that sent worshippers scrambling for safety.
How Texas church shooter bought rifle despite mental illness and criminal history is under scrutiny
By Jim Vertuno and Juan A. Lozano — February 14, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Police did not say whether the AR-15 was purchased retail, which would have required a background check if bought from a federally licensed firearms dealer, or a private sale, which would not.
What to know about a shooting at Joel Osteen’s megachurch
By Juan A. Lozano — February 12, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) — Osteen said the violence could have been worse if the shooting had happened during the earlier and larger late Sunday morning service.
Sheriff says suspect ‘is down’ after shooting at Joel Osteen’s Texas megachurch
By Juan A. Lozano — February 11, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) — Lakewood Church had earlier posted on social media there was an ‘active situation involving shots fired’ at one of the largest megachurches in the U.S. during its typically busy Sunday services.
A Tennessee teen has pleaded guilty in the slaying of a prominent United Methodist Church leader
By Adrian Sainz — February 5, 2024
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The daytime shooting shook United Methodist Church members in Memphis and elsewhere.
2 masked men kill a person in attack on Catholic church in Istanbul. Officials detain 2 ISIS members
By Mehmet Guzel — January 29, 2024
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities instituted a media ban on coverage of the attack.
Weeping in Nashville
By Scott Sauls — March 28, 2023
(RNS) — A Nashville pastor contemplates the ‘why?’ of this week’s shooting.
Drive-by shooting injures 2 at funeral at Nashville church
By Jonathan Mattise — November 26, 2022
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The shooting Saturday took place as mourners left the funeral of a woman who was fatally shot earlier this month, according to police.
Church shooting survivor: Gunman ‘disengaged,’ sat alone
By Kim Chandler — June 21, 2022
(AP) — The suspected gunman had previously attended church services and a few church gatherings but didn't seem to interact much with others.
Funerals announced for 3 killed at Alabama church dinner
By Associated Press — June 21, 2022
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — Services for Walter Bartlett Rainey, Sarah Sharon Yeager and Jane Pounds will take place at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, where the three church members were fatally shot Thursday night.
Gunman kills 3 seniors over potluck dinner at Alabama church
By Kim Chandler and Jay Reeves — June 17, 2022
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — Emergency dispatchers got a call at around 6:20 p.m. reporting an active shooter at Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills, said Police Capt. Shane Ware.
After church shooting, Iowa pastor tells stunned flock: ‘God is near to the broken-hearted’
By Bob Smietana — June 3, 2022
(RNS) — Two members of the church's college ministry, known as the Salt Company, were killed on Thursday night.
Doctor who fought church gunman remembered as kind protector
By Julie Watson and Amy Taxin — May 19, 2022
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — It was no surprise to friends and colleagues that John Cheng spent his final moments saving others by rushing a gunman who fired on a Southern California church
Gunman targets Taiwanese faith with long pro-democracy link
By Deepa Bharath — May 19, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators said they obtained Chou's handwritten notes documenting his hatred of Taiwan.
Court documents show abuse before California church shooting
By Stefanie Dazio and Kathleen Ronayne — March 2, 2022
(AP) — A few days before the killings, Mora was taken into custody on charges of resisting arrest, battery on a police officer and driving under the influence.
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