A man disarmed a would-be hostage shooter
at a church in Amarillo, Texas, but when officers arrived, he was shot
twice.
On Feb. 14, the same day the Florida school shooter killed 17 people, a
gunman barged into the Faith City Mission during morning church service.
Police said the initial call just before 9 a.m. referenced an armed
suspect holding approximately 100 people hostage in the chapel.
Just before police arrived, Tony Garces, a student at the city mission,
snatched the handgun away from the would-be killer after others wrestled
him to the ground.
“I took the gun away from a man who attempted to take others in the
church hostage,” Garces told Fox News. “He already fired off one shot
and I wasn’t going to let him fire again.” |
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