Washington, United States:
A shooting Sunday morning in a church in northeastern Texas left a single individual dead and other people wounded, officials stated.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott confirmed in a statement that a suspect had been apprehended right after the shooting in the Starrville Methodist Church in the town of Winona.
Few particulars have been quickly confirmed, but ABC affiliate KLTV stated the church’s pastor pulled his gun when he discovered a man hiding in a restroom. It stated the man lunged at the pastor, grabbed the gun and shot him dead.
KLTV stated the man, who has not been identified, had been involved in a shooting incident the evening just before. It stated he was shot and apprehended following a higher-speed chase.
Abbott stated the state would “ensure that justice is served and that the Starrville community has the resources it needs during this time.”
Winona lies about one hundred miles (160 kilometers) east of Dallas it has a population of about 525.
Texas has noticed other church shootings in the previous.
A shooting at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs on November 5, 2017, left 26 men and women dead and 20 wounded it was the worst mass shooting in state history. Shooter Devin Patrick Kelley was later discovered dead.
Gun laws in Texas are amongst the laxest in the nation.