A man was also found shot to death inside the home where the man who pulled the gun during the service.
NORTH BRADDOCK, Pa. -- A church service in North Braddock, Pennsylvania was upended Sunday when a man pulled a gun on the pastor in the middle of his sermon. Pennsylvania State Police have charged 26-year-old Bernard Polite of Braddock and say he entered and attempted to shoot pastor Glenn Germany while the pastor was delivering a sermon at Jesus' Dwelling Place Church on Sunday just after 2 p.m.
It was apparent to Germany that Polite faces a form of mental illness, he said.'He said you ducked a taco today, that's what he told me, and I guess that's slang for you ducked a bullet.Polite apologized to Germany, he said. Germany forgave him, but says he hasn't processed what happened.'The thing that hurts me the most and brings tears to my eyes because I couldn't watch my daughter break down.'His 14-year-old daughter was sitting among the pews during the service.
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