OBVIOUSLY
BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT AND
THIS MORNING IN SMITH COUNTY
ONE PERSON IS DEAD AT LEAST ONE
OTHER PERSON IS HURT FOLLOWING
A SHOOTING IN A WIN ON THE
CHURCH THIS MORNING AND NOW
BELIEVE IS RESPONSIBLE NOW IN
CUSTODY SHORTLY BEFORE CHURCH
SERVICES STARTING THIS MORNING
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 9.30 SHOTS
METHODIST CHURCH IN WINONA
SMITH COUNTY SHERIFF LARRY
SMITH SAYS THE ALLEGED SHOOTER
WAS BEING CHASED BY POLICE LAST
NIGHT THAT STARTED ABOUT 7.30
ON FARM TO MARKET ROAD 8.49 IN
LINDALE THAT LEADS TO I 20.
THE DRIVER TEXT OF IT TO 71 THE
MAN'S CAR CRASHED ON HERE INTO
THE WOODS NEAR THE CHURCH WHICH
THEN INITIATED A MANHUNT
LASTING ABOUT 2 HOURS. HE THEN
WE'RE TOLD HIM IN THE BATHROOM
OF THE CHURCH OVERNIGHT.
KATIE'S FRANK JEFFERSON HAS
BEEN ON SCENE ALL MORNING LONG
THE CHURCH NOW HE JOINS US LIVE
IN SMITH COUNTY SHERIFF LARRY
SMITH. THAT IN JUST A COUPLE
MOMENTS AGO SO FRANK WHAT CAN
YOU TELL US.
NO I CAN TELL YOU THERE
RIGHT NOW THIS IS IT SAID IF
BEEN LOOKING LIKE THIS ALL
MORNING. WE HAVE DOZENS OF WE
HAVE A WE HAVE A FIRE TRUCK
HERE WE HAVE A LOT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT HERE AS WELL AND
OUT WHAT WAS WHAT HAPPENED NOW
YOU BROKE IT DOWN A LITTLE
BEFORE US WHAT ONE OF THE FIRST
THINGS IS THAT I WANT TO LOOK
LIKE THERE WAS THIS IS THE
RIGHT HERE BY THE ROAD THERE
WAS A SIGN THAT WAS HERE AND
BECAUSE OF THAT PURSUIT THEY
HAPPENED. THIS MAN THE SHOOTER.
I'M AND THEN RUNNING INTO THIS
YARD RIGHT OVER HERE THAT IS
ACTUALLY AND WE HAVE GOT TO
TALK TO NEIGHBORS WILL GET TO
THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER OK TO
KANE NEWS AT 5, BUT THEIR SKID
MARKS IN THIS FRONT YARD AS
THEY PURSUED HIM IN A DPS WE'RE
TOLD BY LARRY SMITH, THE DPS
TROOPER ACTUALLY KNOCKED THE
SHOOTER'S VEHICLE AND BECAUSE
OF THAT HE ESCAPED INTO THE
WOODS. AND LIKE YOU SAID KNEW
IT WAS SHORTLY AROUND ABOUT
9.30 RIGHT BEFORE THAT THE
CHURCH IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR
CONGREGATION. THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE SUNDAY SERVICE THIS
MORNING. THE WHOSE NAME PASTOR
MIKE MCMILLIONS WILLIAMS HAS TO
SAY AND HE WENT TO THE BATHROOM
AND FOUND THE SHOOTER AND HE
ACTUALLY HAD A RED BANK BAG
THAT BELONG TO THE CHURCH IN
HIS HAND AS WELL AND THE
COMBINATION OF HIM DISSED THE
SHOOTER GRABBING THE PASTORS
GONE FROM HIM AND THEN SHOOTING
AND KILLING THE PASTOR IS WELL
LOU SMITH, HE TOLD US THAT THIS
IS GOING TO END UP BEING A
CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE AND OF
COURSE WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT
OF DETAILS MORE ON THE
SPECIFICS OF EVERYTHING WITH
THIS. THIS IS SAD, I MEAN IT'S
THIS IS SUNDAY AND THE PASS AND
LOSES LIFE ON THE LORD'S DAY
THIS IS THIS REALLY SAID OF
COURSE ALSO PARISHIONERS WE
MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH THAT THEY
THEY'VE BEEN HEARD IN AT A
TOWNHOUSE LITTLE AS WELL SO
THIS IS NO THIS IS JUST A
REALLY SAD BEEN THEY'RE SMITH.
HE TOLD US THAT THE THING ABOUT
THE SHOOTING IS THAT IT COULD
HAVE HAPPENED ANYWHERE.
RELATED AGAIN. THIS IS A A
CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS.
THE CHURCH JUST HAPPEN TO BE OR
IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THESE
HOUSES HERE THAT HE WENT
INSIDE. WE KNEW THAT THEY WERE
THERE. YOU KNOW NOBODY AND NOT
HAVING THAT A CHURCH GOING.
I BELIEVE HE PROBABLY JUST GOT
THERE TO SEEK SHELTER.
YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF
WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES RIGHT NOW ARE NOT
HAPPENING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU
ON WHAT HAPPENED HERE AT
STARVIEW METHODIST CHURCH IN A
FEW HOURS AND I'M FRANK
JEFFERSON WITH KATIE CAME NEWS.
THANK YOU GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT
ALSO RELEASING A NEW STATEMENT
THIS MORNING SAYING THIS IN A
IN A NUTSHELL HERE.
SAYING IN PART OUR HEARTS
ARE WITH THE VICTIMS AND THOSE
FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED OR
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, THE GRAB
THE SUSPECT ALSO ASKING TEXAS
TO JOIN ME NOW IN PRAYING FOR
THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED OF
COURSE AS YOU SEE RIGHT NOW
THIS IS A VERY FLUID DEVELOPING
STORY. THE NAME OF THE ALLEGED
SHOOTER HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED
AS OF NOW THE MORE INFORMATION
UP HIS FIRST DOWNHILL VICTORY.
WE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO HIM