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February 12, 2024
Woman (?) Opens Fire Inside Joel Osteen's Texas Megachurch With AR-15 With Slogan "Free Palestine" Written On It
The story is Narratively Unhelpful, so it won't be around long.
A woman who walked into a popular Texas megachurch Sunday afternoon with a long gun and a young child opened fire before she was killed by law enforcement officers on scene. The gunfire left the child in critical condition and another man injured, officials said.
Authorities are now probing the shooting at televangelist and pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church -- roughly 6 miles from downtown Houston.
The woman, estimated to be between 30 and 35 years old, entered the church shortly before 2 p.m. wearing a trench coat and backpack and opened fire, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said in a Sunday afternoon news conference.
The shooter died at the scene after two law enforcement officers intervened and she was shot, Finner said.
The young child was hit during the shooting and is in the hospital in critical condition, the police chief said. It's unclear who fired the shot that injured the child. CNN has reached out to police for more information.
Police have not shared details about a possible motive in the shooting or said what the woman's relationship is to the child who accompanied her.
There are some vague hints about her motive:
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The shooter used an AR-15 that had "Free Palestine" written on it, according to a federal law enforcement source. Investigators are trying to determine whether she was politically motivated or a disturbed individual, the source said.
Here's another hint that authorities will not follow up on:
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