Shooter Identified in Joel Osteen’s Megachurch Shooting

 

HOUSTON (AP) — Search warrant documents show that a suspect in a trench coat who opened fire in celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Texas was carrying an AR-15 style rifle. The shooter was identified as 36-year-old Genesse Ivonne Moreno, according to an affidavit seeking a search warrant released by the Montgomery County district attorney’s office. The shooting happened Sunday in between services at Lakewood Church, one of the nation’s largest megachurches. Police say two off-duty officers working security shot and killed the suspect. Two other people were also shot an wounded, including a 5-year-old boy who entered the church with the shooter and was taken to a hospital in critical condition.