SAY
SAY THEY
SAY THEY ARE CONSIDERING METAL DETECTORS. I'M JOINED NOW BY PASTOR
RICHARD BROWN FROM PAYNE AVENUE
BAPTIST CHURCH.
THE CHURCH THAT'S NOT EVEN A
BLOCK FROM AUSTIN IS MAGNENT
HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU WERE ONE OF THE FAITH
LEADERS JOINING PASTOR DARRELL
ARNOLD TONIGHT.
YOU WERE LEAVING THE CHURCH
WHEN YOU SAW THE POLICE THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT PRESENT AND
OFFICERS HEADING TO THE SCHOOL
YESTERDAY.
YES, MA'AM.
I WAS JUST LEAVING MY OFFICE
AND I NOTICED THERE WAS A GREAT
NUMBER OF OFFICERS COMING AND
RAISING.
DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT THEY
WERE COMING TO AUSTING.
MOST OF THE ONES I ENCOUNTERED
WERE ON MAGNOLIA.
BUT IN OUR LATEST COVID THAT
THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO
ASSIGNEES AND TRAGETY HAD
OCCURRED TRAGETY HAS OCCURRED
AGAIN BEING SO CLOSE TO AUSTING
EAST HIGH SCHOOL YOU SAID THAT
YOU'VE TRIED TO BE TO SUPPORT
THE CHURCH HAS FOR THAT STUDENT
BODY.
YES, WE'VE >> WORKED TOGETHER
THROUGH THE YEARS ON SPECIAL
EVENTS WE WERE IN THE PROCESS
BEFORE COVID HEAD OF ADOPTING
AUSTING AS OUR SCHOOL OF
MISSION AND MINISTRY.
WE WORK WITH OTHER SCHOOLS IN
THE AREA BUT BEING AS CLOSE AS
WE ARE TO AUSTING THESE YOU
KNOW THE PRINCIPAL AND SOME OF
THE OTHER FACULTY THAT ARE
THERE SO WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
WITH ALSO NEEDS THROUGH CROUSER
YEARS AND YOU'VE BEEN
MINISTERING TO YOUR
CONGREGATION.
THIS IS NOW THE FIFTH STUDENT I
IMAGINE YOUR CONGREGATION IS
HURTING AND LIKE SO MANY
WANTING ANSWERS AND RESOLVE AS
WE ALL ARE, WE DISTURBED.
WE ARE HURTING.
WE'RE SEEKING FOR ANSWERS AND
WE ARE JUST REMINDING OUR FAITH
COMMUNITY MIUNTES OF OUR
CONGREGATION THAT CRISIS
SUFFICIENT FOR EVERY CRISIS
THAT WE ENCOUNTER.
SO AS WE PRAY WE MUST ALSO BE
WILLING AND READY TO RISE FROM
OUR KNEES AND ENGAGE IN SOME
TANGIBLE ASPECTS TO BRING ABOUT
HOPEFULLY A SAFER ENVIRONMENT
TO ENCOURGE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO
CONTINUE TO PURSUE EDUCATION
AND TO ASSIST WHERE WE CAN IN
SUBDUING THE VIOLENCE.
AND WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FOR
TONIGHT?
TONIGHT I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO
PASS TO HONOR FOR ALLOWING US
TO COME.
HE SHARED WITH ME AN ACTIVE I
WOULD WORK WITH HIM IN DOING
THIS AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL
OF US AS THE COMMUNITY OF
KNOXVILE NOT JUST EAST KNOXVILE
BUT THE COMMUNITY KNOXVILE
COMING TOGETHER, PRAYING
TOGETHER, REACHING OUT, GETTING
TO KNOW EACH OTHER, FORMING
RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT WE CAN GO
TOGETHER AS A COLLECTIVE BODY
AND HOPEFULLY ESTABLISH SOME
GOALS, SOME IDEAS PROJECTS THAT
WE CAN PRESENT MAYBE TO THE
SCHOOL BOARD OR JUST TO BE
THERE SUPPORT FOR THEM IN TERMS
OF WHATEVER THEY MAY DECIDE ON
THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ALSO THE
POLICE CHIEF KPD OFFICERS AND
SO FORTH.
YEAH, AND >> COLLECTIVELY
HOPEFULLY AS ONE COMMUNITY WE
CAN COME TOGETHER AND BRING
CHANGE.
PASTOR BROWN, I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT
YOU YOUR CONGREGATION AS YOU
GUYS CONTINUE TO WORK TO HELP
THE STUDENT BODY AT AUSTING
AGE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> OR WE TALK ABOUT THE
STUDENTS THAT WE'VE LOST FROM
AUSTING E SINCE JANUARY.
UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS NOT THE
FIRST TIME COMMUUNITY
EXPERENCING THE TRAGETY FOR
OTHER AUSTINITE HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS DIED IN SEPARATE
SHOOTINGS EARLIER THIS YEAR
JANARIA MAHAMAD JUSTIN TAYLOR
AND JAMARION GILLETTE WERE 15
YEARS OLD WHEN THEY DIED
STANLEYFREMAN JUNIOR WAS
SIXTEEN.
JUSTIN TAYLOR WAS SHOT BY AN
OLDER TEEN IN A CAR.
THE SHOOTING WAS CONSIDERED
ACCIDENTAL.
THAT TEEN WAS LATER CHARGED
STANLEYFREMAN WAS SHOT DRIVING
AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL.
TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN
CONNECTION TO HIS DEATH.
POLICE SAY THEY ARE STILL
LOOKING FOR THE PEOPLE RESPONSE
BULL FOR KILLING JANARIA
MUHAMMAD AND JAMARION JULIET
BOTH KILLED IN SEPARATE
SHOOTINGS.
NOW KPD IS STILL ASKING PEOPLE
TO COME FORWARD WITH
INFORMATION ABOUT THESE
KILLINGS.
YOU CAN CALL THE TIP LINE ON
YOUR SCREEN AND REMEMBER YOU
CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS WHEN YOU
CALL IN YOUR TIP.
OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES ON THE
WPI, OUR APP THERE YOU CAN SEE
THE LATEST DETAILS AND THE
INVESTIGATION FROM THE TBI HERE
FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT
THE NEED FOR HEALING AND SEE
THE LATEST IN THE INVESTIGATION
INTO FOUR OTHER SHOOTING DEATHS
AND E KNOXVILE THIS YEAR.
THAT IS ALL ON THE W THE IRS
APP AND AGAIN WE ARE JUST
OUTSIDE THE SANCTUARY AT
OVERBECOMING BELIEVER'S CHURCH
THE CITYWIDE PRAYER SERVICE
STARTS IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES
.
WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER KNOXVILE START TO TRICKLE
IN AND PASTOR ARNOLD BELIEVES
AND AT LEAST EIGHT OTHER FAITH
LEADERS WILL LEAD