The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
Staff, Wire Reports
Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 07:21 PM
Texas Man Tracks Down Gunman After Horrific Texas Shooting
One of the men who said he helped run
the Texas church gunman off the road Sunday is being hailed as a hero
for potentially preventing more bloodshed after the deadly shooting.
Johnnie Langendorff told Fox San Antonio he decided to track down the
killer after seeing the gunman, Devin Kelley, exchanging fire with
another member of the community. That person, who hasn't been
identified, reportedly shot Kelley during the encounter.
The mass shooting unfolded around 11:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church of
Sutherland Springs, which is about 30 miles southeast of San Antonio. At
least 26 people were killed and 20 wounded.
One of the men who said he helped run the
Texas church gunman off the road Sunday is being hailed as a hero for
potentially preventing more bloodshed after the deadly shooting.
Johnnie Langendorff told Fox San Antonio he decided to track down the
killer after seeing the gunman, Devin Kelley, exchanging fire with
another member of the community. That person, who hasn't been
identified, reportedly shot Kelley during the encounter.
The mass shooting unfolded around 11:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church of
Sutherland Springs, which is about 30 miles southeast of San Antonio. At
least 26 people were killed and 20 wounded.
"The shooter got in his truck, the
gentlemen with the rifle came to my truck as the shooter took off, and
he briefed me quickly on what had just happened and said we had to get
him, so that's what I did," he said.
Following a brief chase, the two caught up with the gunman.
"We just take pursuit, we speed over 87 through traffic and hit about 95
going down 539 trying to catch this guy until he eventually lost control
on his own and went off in the ditch," Langendorff said.
Police arrived within five to seven
minutes to the location where the shooter was stopped. “We led police to
him,” Lagendorff told Ksat.com.
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Langendorff said he was not aware at the time of the chase the shooter
had additional weapons in his vehicle and that he might have prevented
more deaths.
"He just hurt so many people," he said. "And he just affected so many
people's lives, why wouldn't you want to take him down?"
