A gunman wearing a wig and fake beard raised immediate suspicion when he walked into a church service in Texas before opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people, a volunteer security member who shot the assailant said on Monday. "When he sat back down the second time, shortly after that, he stood up, turned, and produced a shotgun," Wilson told NBC News. The shooter had turned and shot him and then shot Tony and then started to turn to go towards the front of the auditorium," Wilson told NBC. Kinnunen was not a regular at the church and immediately raised suspicion when he walked in with the wig and fake beard that he kept adjusting, Wilson said. It was passed in the wake of a shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, in 2017 that killed 26 people.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 30, 2019 23:48 UTC