MI - Police: Suspect shot and killed by a security guard after a shooting at a church in Michigan

[Vaderman]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/22/us/crosspointe-church-wayne-michigan-shooting

Wayne, MichiganAP —
Police in Michigan say a suspect has been shot and killed by a security guard after a shooting at a church in a suburb of Detroit.

The Wayne Police Department says officers responded to an active shooter at Crosspointe Church in Wayne on Sunday morning. Upon arrival, officers determined that a security guard for the church shot and killed the suspect.

One victim was shot in the leg. Police are investigating and have asked residents to avoid the area.


This is a developing story and will be updated.

 

[Vaderman]

Shooter drives truck into Michigan church and opens fire

An active shooter drove their car into a church on Sunday before opening fire on the congregation.

www.dailymail.co.uk

One of the church's senior pastors Bobby Kelly Jr., told The Detroit News, that a member ran the shooter over, giving the security guard a chance to shoot them.

Kelly added that there were around 150 people in attendance for the vacation Bible school service. Many of the attendees were children.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Police credit staffers for stopping gunman at Wayne Co. church: They 'prevented a mass shooting'

Congregants were gathered Sunday for a special vacation Bible school service at CrossPointe Community Church when the shooting happened. A security guard killed gunman.

www.detroitnews.com

Video shows crowd inside Wayne church react to suspected active shooter

Video from inside a church in Wayne shows the crowd react to a suspected active shooter.

www.clickondetroit.com

 

[Knox]

A shooter at a Michigan church injured one person Sunday before being shot and killed by a security guard, according to local authorities.

Police in Wayne, Michigan, said in a social media post that they responded to an active shooter in the parking lot of CrossPointe Community Church on Sunday.


Officers learned upon their arrival that a security guard had shot and killed the suspected shooter, who Deputy Chief Finley Carter III said was a 31-year-old male.

Shooter killed by staffers at Michigan church, police say; at least 1 person wounded

Authorities responded to a gunman at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne. Two church employees returned fire and killed the shooter, officials said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Knox]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1936852661116252508

 

[Knox]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1936829940751560857

 

[Knox]

Man drives truck into church, opens fire; security guard kills suspect in Michigan

The suspect, whose identity has not been released, was killed by a church security guard, according to the Wayne, Michigan Police Department.

komonews.com

 

[Yesiamapirate]

Security guard kills gunman at Wayne church

The Wayne Police Department say they responded to an active shooter at Crosspointe Church in the 3600 block of Glenwood Road at around 11 a.m.

www.fox2detroit.com

 

[mickey2942]

I know that in several churches in our area, members are actually designated as "volunteer security", usually former military or current LEO officers, and they are carrying at church now. Due to so many church shootings.

 

[Vaderman]

Church shooter named after plowing into congregation armed with AR-15

Brian Browning, 31, was shot dead by security guards after he opened fire on CrossPointe Church in Wayne, Michigan, on Sunday morning.

www.dailymail.co.uk

A man who opened fire on a church with an AR-15 was suffering a mental breakdown and attended the congregation with his mother.

Brian Browning, 31, was shot dead by security guards at CrossPointe Church in Wayne, Detriot, on Sunday morning.

He began the attack by ramming his Ford F-150 truck into the building at 11.06am before he opened fire during service.

 

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[Jinkasaurus]

Interview with man who killed the shooter.

Church security team member speaks after stopping armed man at Wayne church service

A volunteer security team member stopped an attempted mass shooting at a local church in Wayne on Sunday. No parishioners were killed, thanks in part to Jay Trombley.

www.wxyz.com