with. part of it is education, about anti-semitism and about the holocaust. but, christine, you get the sense that can t be the only part of the solution if anti-semitism is to be truly dealt with. oren liebermann for us in jerusalem. thanks, oren. to texas, a man shot and killed two worshipers in a ft. worth suburb, sunday, before two members of the church security team shot and killed the gunman. the fbi describes the shooter as a transient with roots in the area. he had been arrested multiple times but was not on a watch list. the attack was caught on the west freeway church of christ live stream. what you re about to see, we blurred some parts but the video is very disturbing. as you see, the top of the screen, the whole attack unfolded in six seconds. [ gunfire ]
church service. [ sound of gunfire ] reporter: in this west freeway church of christ live stream you could see 43-year-old keith thomas kinnunen pull out a gun and fire twice. two armed parishioners react, one taking him down. i fired one round. reporter: that man, jack wilson, head of security at the church. you train but you hope you never have to go to that extreme. but if you do, you re train lg kick in and that was evident yesterday. reporter: today the attorney general praising the church for the quick response to the shooting. he s not just responsible for his actions, which ultimately saved the lives of hundreds of people, but also responsible for training the people in the church. reporter: a following shooting in southerland springs, texas, state lawmakers passed legislation allowing handguns in places of worship and churches to form security teams. if there is any church in this state or america that was prepared for this, this was this
like a few feet screaming, he s coming, he s coming. then in texas, a gunman opens fire at the west freeway church of christ, killing two parisioners as they prayed. however, police say it reallyul. a congregant who was carrying a gunshot the perpetrator just six seconds into the attack. video was caught on the church s livestream. i want to warn you, this is graphic, this is disturbing. this is the moment when a member of the congregation fights back, stopping the shooter who had entered the church and sat down in a pey among other churchgoers, pulling out a shotgun and opening fire a short time later.
we appreciate you talking to us. evan bernstein with the anti-defamation league. thank you. in texas we re learning more about the heroic congregants that helped take down a gunman. lucy is in white settlement, texas. tell us what you re learning, lucy. reporter: that s right, brianna. we don t have any more on the motivation of this gunman, but we know more about who he is. the fbi described him as a transient individual who had numerous run-ins with the law, multiple arrests in different municipalities. he s not on any known watch list. a few moments ago we heard from the texas attorney general, ken paxton, who offered more details. he said this individual, the shooter, didn t have a direct connection to this community, but that he may have spent a little bit of time here because this church had often opened its doors to transient and homeless individuals. the attorney general said he believed this was a lonely individual who possibly was
we will not let that happen in new york city. two of the victims stabbed in monsey have been released from the hospital. the anti-defamation league reports that anti-semitic incidents nearly doubled between 2015 and 2018. a man shot and killed two worshipers in a church service on sunday before two members of the security team shot and killed the gunman. the attack was caught on the west freeway church of christ live stream. what you re about to see, we blurred some parts but the video is very disturbing. as you see, the top of the screen, the whole attack unfolded in six seconds. [ gunfire ] the fbi describes the shooter as relatively transient with