Dozens killed in shooting at First Baptist church in Sutherland SpringsGunman described as young,white male dressed in tactical-type gearGunman dead after a brief pursuitDonald Trump monitoring the situation’Read the full story here 2.52am GMTA dramatic account of what happened external the church has advance from an interview with a passing motorist Johnnie Langendorff. He and a member of the Sutherland Springs community pursued the gunman as he fled in a car and alerted police to the chase. Langendorff told a local TV station KSAT 12.com: I pulled up to the intersection where the shooting happened. I saw two men exchanging gunfire, the other being the citizen of the community. The shooter of the church had taken off, and fled in his vehicle,the other gentleman came and said we need to pursue him. And that’s what I did, I just acted.
I didn’t know him (the community member) at all, or I didn’t recognise him. He was just a member of the community and he came to my vehicle in distress with his weapon. He explained very quickly what happened. He got into the truck and I knew that it was time to travel.”He got a petite bit of a jump on us. We were doing about 95(mph) down (route) 539 going around traffic and everything. Eventually he came to a kind of a slow down and after that we got within just a few feet of him and then he got off the road.
He just lost control. That is when I put the vehicle in park and I was still on the phone to dispatch. The other gentleman jumped out and has his rifle drawn on him. He didn’t scuttle after that.
We led police to him. Everybody else was headed to the church,all the other officers were responding to the church. From the time we actually stopped it was about 5 to 7 minutes.
We did not get close enough. The police arrived and then they pushed us back and they took care of the rest I didn’t see anything after that.
I was trying to get him, to get him apprehended. It was strictly just acting on what the right thing to conclude was.” 2.36am GMTPhotographs from the vigil for victims of the shooting prove the community united in sorrow. Continue reading...
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