{"id":9225,"date":"2017-09-25T05:27:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T09:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=9225"},"modified":"2017-09-25T05:27:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T09:27:04","slug":"extraordinarily-brave-usher-halts-church-shooting-masked-gunman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2017\/09\/25\/extraordinarily-brave-usher-halts-church-shooting-masked-gunman\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Extraordinarily brave’ usher halts church shooting by masked gunman"},"content":{"rendered":"

A masked gunman was stopped mid-attack by an “extraordinarily brave” church usher after killing one person near Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

The suspect shot and injured himself during a struggle with 22-year-old Robert Caleb Engle, who was struck in the face by the suspect’s gun.<\/p>\n

But Mr Engle managed to get back to his car and get his own gun to guard the injured attacker until police arrived.<\/p>\n

Police said 42 people were in the church at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n

A woman, named as 39-year-old Melanie Smith of Smyrna, was found dead in the car park near the suspect’s car.<\/p>\n

Nashville Police said the suspected attacker at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ was Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, who was originally from Sudan.<\/p>\n

Two pistols were recovered in the church and two more guns were found in Samson’s car nearby.<\/p>\n

They added that the gunman shot himself in the chest “probably not intentionally” during the struggle with Mr Engle.<\/p>\n

He was later released from hospital and charged with murder.<\/p>\n

At least six people were also wounded, all of whom were aged over 60. The usher was also treated for head injuries after the altercation.<\/p>\n

The motive for the shooting is not yet clear.<\/p>\n

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“It would appear he was not expecting a brave individual like the church usher to initiate the struggle and confrontation,” Nashville Police spokesman Don Aaron said.<\/p>\n

Police said Mr Engle acted in an “extraordinarily brave” way.<\/p>\n

In a statement Mr Engle said: “I do not want to be labelled a hero. The real heroes are the police, first responders and medical staff and doctors who have helped me and everyone affected.”<\/p>\n

The church’s pastor, Joey Spann, and his wife Peggy were among those injured in the shooting, the Nashville Christian School said. Mr Spann teaches at the school.<\/p>\n

One eyewitness,\u00a0speaking to the Tennessean newspaper,<\/a>\u00a0said the pastor had shouted “run” as the suspect entered, but some were shot from behind.<\/p>\n

“Our church is senior people. They didn’t make it out,” Minerva Rosa told the paper.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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