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‘Good Guy With a Gun' Who Took Out Church Gunman Receives Texas' Highest Honor
The armed churchgoer who stopped a gunman who opened fire inside a White Settlement church last month and killed two people was awarded the state’s highest honor at the Texas Governor’s Mansion Monday morning. Jack Wilson was awarded the Governor’s Medal of Courage, the state’s highest civilian honor, for stopping an armed man who brought a gun into the...
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Texas Church Gunman Grew Angry Over Refused Requests for Money, Minister Says
The man who opened fire inside a White Settlement church, killing two people before being shot to death, was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial in 2012 and was repeatedly fed by the congregation before he grew angry when church officials refused to give him money, according to court records and the minister. Keith Thomas Kinnunen, 43, brought a shotgun…
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Texas Church Shooter Had Criminal Record of Assault With Weapon
The man who fatally shot two people at a White Settlement Church on Sunday before being killed by church security has been identified as a 43-year-old Keith Thomas Kinnunen, a River Oaks man described by his ex-wife as “battling a demon” and “not nice to anyone.”
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Texas Church Security Head Says He ‘Killed an Evil' in Taking Down Gunman
A gunman who killed two people during a North Texas church service was fatally shot within seconds by the church’s head of security who says he feels like he “killed an evil,” not a human. Jack Wilson, 71, posted on Facebook late Sunday night that he “had to take out an active shooter in church.” Wilson said he was head…
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Daughter of Deacon Killed in Texas Church Shooting Speaks Out
The daughter of one of two victims shot and killed Sunday morning at West Freeway Church of Christ is speaking out.