A suspect is dead after a child was among two people shot at Texas' Lakewood Church on Sunday, officials said.
Tom Abrahams, Shannon Ryan, Jiovanni LieggiWatch Eyewitness News and ABC13 originals around the clockA suspect is dead after a child was among two people shot at a Texas megachurch on Sunday, officials said during an afternoon press conference.
The 2 p.m. Spanish-speaking service was about to begin when chaos erupted. A witness told our sister station, ABC13 Eyewitness News in Houston, that she heard several shots being fired while in the choir room. The church, which has an average attendance of 45,000 people, was in the middle of a live stream service when shots could be heard going off in the background.
Churchgoers are being told to go to Lifetime Fitness at 1 Healthy Way in the Greenway Plaza area to reunite with families after several were separated amid the havoc.
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