Shocking video taken during a Pennsylvania church's Sunday service shows an armed man take aim at the pastor mid-sermon before parishioners tackled him.
A Pennsylvania pastor ducked for cover during his sermon Sunday as video showed an armed man walking to the front of the church and pointing a gun at him from just steps away. A parishioner near the front row ran up and tackled the suspect from behind and helped disarm him and hold him down before police arrived at Jesus' Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock. Pennsylvania State Police identified the suspect as 26-year-old Bernard Polite. The Rev.
God, by a miracle, stopped the shooting,' he said in a second video that he posted to Facebook. Germany told Fox News Digital Monday he was grateful to be alive and in 'excellent' spirits. He had never seen the man before he walked into the church and pointed the handgun at him point-blank Sunday. ' just a young man dealing with mental illness – seen an open door and decided to enter,' the pastor said.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the tip line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Fox News' Mitch Picasso contributed to this report.
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