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Pastor killed in shooting at Methodist church in East Texas
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The Smith County Sheriff s Office investigates a fatal shooting incident at the Starville Methodist Church in Winona, Texas, on Sunday morning, Jan. 3, 2021. A suspect who fled has been arrested, said the sheriff’s office. (Zak Wellerman/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)Zak Wellerman/Associated Press
WINONA A pastor was killed and two other people were injured in a shooting at an East Texas church Sunday, after the pastor pulled a gun on a suspect who had been hiding out in the church, a local sheriff said.
Police had been searching for the man late Saturday in woods near Winona following a car chase. The pastor of the Starrville Methodist Church discovered the suspect hiding in a church bathroom around 9:20 a.m., Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith said at a news conference.
Pastor dead, 2 hurt in Texas church shooting; suspect held
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Jan. 3 (UPI) One person was killed and a suspect was taken into custody after a shooting at a church in East Texas on Sunday morning.
Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith said Sunday that the person killed in the shooting was the pastor of Starville Methodist Church. Another person was undergoing surgery for a gunshot injury and a female victim was injured in a fall. Starville is 100 mile east of Dallas.
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Police had been pursuing the suspect on Saturday night in a car chase during which he brandished a shotgun through the sunroof of his vehicle.
Cops were called to the Starrville Methodist Church near Winona on Sunday
Two people were found shot, Sgt. Larry Christian said; one person died
It believed the suspect - who is now in custody - had been involved in a car chase the previous night before being found hiding by the pastor on Sunday morning
Armed pastor is said to have found the suspect with the church s red bank bag
The two are said to have become involved in an altercation and the suspect is thought to have disarmed his victim before shooting and killing him
He then stole the pastor s car before being caught in in Harrison County
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