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Fort Worth Fire Department said three people, including the
person who they believed to be the shooter, were transported
from the scene in critical condition. The scene was secure, they
added.
Two of the people, including the shooter, died while en route to
the hospital, and the third person was successfully resuscitated
by paramedics, according to Macara Trusty, a spokeswoman for
local emergency services MedStar. Two more people sustained
minor injuries as they ducked for cover inside the church, she
said.
The incident took place in White Settlement, a suburb northwest
of Fort Worth, at the West Freeway Church of Christ.
White Settlement police chief J.P. Bevering said that the gunman
was shot by two worshippers who were armed and returned fire.
"The threat is stopped based on the heroic actions of the two
parishioners in the church," Bevering said.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in a statement: "Places of
worship are meant to be sacred, and I am grateful for the church
members who acted quickly to take down the shooter and help
prevent further loss of life."
The shooting was captured on video as the church service was
apparently being streamed on YouTube, according to the New York
Daily News.
"You feel like your life is flashing before you. I was so
worried about my little one," witness Isabel Arreola told CBS
11.
The shooting came a day after an assailant with a knife stabbed
five people at a Hanukkah party in New York.
(Reporting by Maria Caspani and Sharon Bernstein, Editing by
Rosalba O'Brien)
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