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 Harris County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to an active shooting at the megachurch near the Southwest Freeway shortly after 2 p.m. Police said the suspect, a woman in her 30s who was armed with a rifle, walked into the church with a small child and opened fire. 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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