Parishioners stopped teen with a rifle from entering church with 60 children inside

[Wicked Blue]

NBC

May 13, 2024
By Patrick Smith

Churchgoers thwarted a teenager armed with a rifle from entering a Louisiana church full of children Saturday in a service that was being livestreamed, authorities said.

Police were called to St. Mary Magdalen Church in Abbeville, 20 miles south of Lafayette, at 10:35 a.m. when the 16-year-old suspect tried to get in via the back door.

Around 60 children were inside the Catholic church at the time waiting to take their first Holy Communion, the church said.

The church said in a statement that parishioners confronted the suspect and took him outside before calling the police.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parishioners-louisiana-stopped-teen-rifle-church-childrens-mass-rcna151925

[jimfields33]

1. Another good news story. DU is full of them today.

So nice to read some positive stories.

[Torchlight]

2. Yeesh!

"The suspect was arrested and later charged with terrorizing the church and two counts of possession of a firearm by a juvenile. Witnesses told KADN of Lafayette that he was dressed all in black and armed with the rifle."

[Wicked Blue]

5. One of my granddaughters had her First Communion the previous weekend

so this news story particularly terrified me.

I cannot fathom what sort of sick twisted mind, enabled by the sick twisted gun industry, could conceive of mowing down little children.

But sadly, remembering the Sandy Hook tragedy, I find it all too real. What on earth is wrong with the minds of mass killers? And why on earth haven't these weapons of mass destruction been banned?

[flying_wahini]

3. Thoughts and pears

[mopinko]

4. have someone ready to stop the livestream.

or maybe rethink the whole idea.

[GreenWave]

6. We shall not, we shall not be moved.

We shall not,
we shall not be moved.
Just like a tree that's planted by the water,
We shall not be moved.