Aftermath: Gun FAILED During Kansas City Church Stabbing By Homeless Attacker

The kindness of a South side faith community was betrayed recently.

In the aftermath the church vowed to approach security more seriously whilst remaining committed to their mission.

However . . .

A review of the incident reveals a terrifying and chaotic scene.

Here's some of the testimony the church recently shared with community news . . . Check-it:

“He claimed that the Freemasons had spray painted his tent with chemicals,” Executive Paster Dale Jones said. “We told him we would check our security cameras, and in the meantime asked him to join in our Sunday breakfast.” The response team was still monitoring him closely.

A review of the church’s security footage yielded no evidence of anyone tampering with SUSPECT'S tent. When this information was presented, he became more belligerent and called the church “liars.” He left the breakfast area with the response team in tow. During his walk back to his folded tent and belongings, SUSPECT began asking for information or directions to a nearby laundromat. It was at this moment that the victim stepped closer with his phone to show the location of a laundry mat he had found. SUSPECT produced a “large knife” and began stabbing at the victim.

“Thankfully, the only serious connection was in the shoulder area,” Jones said. “He then put the victim into a headlock and appeared to be trying to slice his throat.”

This created further defense wounds in the victim’s hand. Other members of the response team rushed to subdue the attacker and aid the victim. Two of those men sustained what were referred to as only “minor injuries”–one was bitten by the attacker’s dog, another bruised his ribs.  Pepper spray was deployed . . .

The Church’s email newsletter reveals more details of the attack and chaos at the scene: one of the other emergency team members pulled his gun and was ready to fire it . . . After aiming it and pulling the trigger, it did not go off.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the Church still did not have an explanation as to why it did not fire.

“There’s no reason for it not to have fired,” Jones said. “It was loaded. We’re grateful that perhaps God intervened and there wasn’t more blood spilled.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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