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West Freeway Church of Christ shooting
2019 shooting attack in Texas, U.S. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The West Freeway Church of Christ shooting took place on December 29, 2019, in White Settlement, Texas, in the United States. Two people in the congregation were killed before the gunman was fatally shot by 71-year-old Jack Wilson, a volunteer security team member. The attack was live-streamed, as are all services at the church.[2] Video of the shooting appeared online in real time, and was captured, leading to multiple posts on Twitter, YouTube and Rumble with videos showing the shooting and aftermath.
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Shooting
The perpetrator shot and killed two members of the church before he was fatally shot by Jack Wilson, the head of the church's volunteer security team,[3] ending the attack within six seconds. The victims were Anton Wallace, age 64, and Richard White, age 67.[4] Wilson is a firearms instructor and a former reserve deputy sheriff in Hood County, Texas.[5][1]
The perpetrator, wearing a fake beard and a hat, briefly spoke to Anton Wallace before drawing a shotgun and leveling it. Upon the perpetrator drawing his shotgun, churchgoers Richard White and Jack Wilson both drew their pistols. However, as they were drawing their pistols, the perpetrator opened fire, killing White with a single shot before immediately turning and firing his second shot at Wallace, killing him. The perpetrator then turned to his left, presumably to open fire on the crowd, and was then shot dead by Wilson.[6]
Wilson indicated that five or six other members of the church assembly also drew their own weapons in response to the shooting but only Wilson's weapon was fired.[5][1]
Wilson shot the perpetrator in the head using an Sig Sauer P229 chambered in .357 Sig from more than 50 feet away.
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Perpetrator
The perpetrator was identified as 43-year-old Keith Thomas Kinnunen (November 26, 1976 - December 29, 2019), of Tucson, Arizona, who lived in River Oaks, Texas at the time of the shooting.[7] Upon entering he was wearing a fake beard and wig and immediately raised the suspicions of the security deacons serving the church.[8] Kinnunen had attended multiple services at the church prior.[9]
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