Houston megachurch shooter Genesse Ivonne Moreno used AR-style rifle; 2 injured.
Houston Police officers watch over displaced churchgoers outside Lakewood Church, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Houston, after a reported shooting during a Spanish church service. at a Houston megachurch on Sunday before being killed by security officers had a history of mental illness and used an AR-style rifle in the attack that also critically injured their 7-year-old son, authorities said Monday.
Hassig and others said Moreno had a history of mental illness, including being placed under emergency detention in 2016, but provided no additional details. According to investigators, Moreno and the boy entered the church building at 1:55 p.m. after Moreno pointed a gun at an unarmed security guard and began firing once inside.
"They held their ground in the face of rifle fire at point blank range," TABC Chairman Kevin Lilly said. "They were a wall that existed between worshippers and terror." Finner said the shooter told officers after being shot there was a bomb, but a search found no explosives. "Boom, boom, boom, boom. And I yelled, 'Mom!'" he said. Guity, 35, said he ran to his mother and they both laid flat on the floor as the gunfire continued
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