Meanwhile in Texas...Another Church Shooting...
But this time a Pastor with a pistol shot a dangerous felon... Not only that but the Pastor plans on visiting the Robber in the hospital and in jail, and hopefully change his ways...
Baytown police responded to a shooting at the Church of New Beginnings. Police say the pastor armed himself and shot an intruder.
"I just want the public to know that this was a robbery," Pastor Holmes told Eyewitness News exclusively. "He broke in the door, had laptops in his hand."
Pastor Holmes said he woke up when he heard someone moving around in the church and grabbed his gun.
"I commanded him to stop twice, and he didn't. So fearing for my life, I did what I had to do."
And that was shoot. Baytown Police say Holmes shot the man in the right shoulder. They identified him as 27-year old Lee Marvin Blue Jr.
This is the second time Pastor Holmes has made headlines for stopping a would-be crook. In September, he caught a 52-year-old woman who had allegedly been stealing UPS packages off of porches in the area. She was trying to steal from his front porch, and he held her at gunpoint until police arrived to arrest her.
What could be considered the most surprising part of what happened this time around may be what happened while Blue was lying on the ground in his own blood.
"I led him through the sinner's prayer while he was on the floor," Pastor Holmes says. "He repeated the sinner's prayer after me. And that was about it. I'm going to go visit him."
Blue has an extensive criminal history dating back to 2005. It includes trespassing, burglary of a vehicle, and assault, just to name a few.
He was taken by Life Flight to Memorial Hermann Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. He is charged with burglary of a building.
Baytown police do not anticipate charges against Pastor Benny Holmes.
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It's really refreshing to see a topic about crime being prevented by a gun owner.
So what sort of question do you pose for us?
So what sort of question do you pose for us?
The same pastor repeatedly using gun violence and the threat of gun violence is mildly disconcerting.
that aside how big did this story go?
that aside how big did this story go?
And maybe Black Churches should arm themselves.. I was called insensitive when I said since Black Churches are targets they should be protected like synagogues...
This story wont be blown out of proportion by the media 
Because it goes agonized everything the liberals have been preaching.
It just shows how good people with guns can prevent crimes. Gun free zones are magnets for the mentally unstable.