A shooter at a Michigan church injured one person Sunday before a security guard shot and killed him, according to local authorities.
Police in Wayne said on social media that they responded to an active shooter in the parking lot of CrossPointe Community Church on Sunday.
They learned that a security guard had shot and killed the shooter, who Deputy Chief Finley Carter III said was a 31-year-old man.
“Shooter is going to be down in a parking lot. Someone ran him over,” an official says on the dispatch radio, obtained via Broadcastify.
Another male was also shot in the leg, officials said.
Authorities said the investigation is ongoing and urged the public to avoid the area. The church, on Glenwood Road, is about 30 miles west of Detroit.
“Our leadership and support teams are on the ground, at the scene, in Wayne, Michigan providing assistance and investigative support,” FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said on X.
A video livestream from inside the church captured the moment the congregation reacted to reports of the shooter, with people running from the room and taking cover behind chairs.
Gunfire could be heard as a woman on a stage, standing before a campground-themed backdrop, wrapped up her remarks about the children’s activities and programs at the church. People in the pews, who included children, began yelling and rushing out of view of the camera.
“Everybody to the back, please, everybody come to the back. Come to the back,” someone says in the video.
A woman described a “frantic” phone call she received from her mother, who said she was hiding in the woods with the woman’s 80-year-old aunt.
“All I heard from my mom was that my aunt was there when bullets were flying and that she had blood on her from the security guard,” the woman said.
Another witness described the terrifying moment she heard rapid popping noises and ran to the bathroom, where she hid, sitting on a toilet with another person.
“It was the scariest thing I’ve ever been involved in,” she told NBC News.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
