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  • >> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH KATE SNOW.

  • NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH KATE SNOW. >>> GOOD EVENING.

  • >>> GOOD EVENING. I'M PETER ALEXANDER IN FOR KATE.

  • I'M PETER ALEXANDER IN FOR KATE. TONIGHT JUST DAYS AFTER

  • TONIGHT JUST DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS, A GUNMAN WALKED INTO

  • CHRISTMAS, A GUNMAN WALKED INTO A TEXAS CHURCH AND OPENED FIRE,

  • A TEXAS CHURCH AND OPENED FIRE, KILLING A PARISHIONER AND

  • KILLING A PARISHIONER AND CRITICALLY INJURING ANOTHER.

  • CRITICALLY INJURING ANOTHER. THAT SHOOTING SHATTERING THE

  • THAT SHOOTING SHATTERING THE PEACE AT A SUNDAY SERVICE NEAR

  • PEACE AT A SUNDAY SERVICE NEAR FORT WORTH.

  • FORT WORTH. THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS CAUGHT ON

  • THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS CAUGHT ON CAMERA AS THAT SERVICE WAS BEING

  • CAMERA AS THAT SERVICE WAS BEING LIVE-STREAMED.

  • LIVE-STREAMED. AMID THE CHAOS, SOME CHURCH

  • AMID THE CHAOS, SOME CHURCH GOERS QUICKLY JUMPING INTO

  • GOERS QUICKLY JUMPING INTO ACTION, PULLING OUT THEIR OWN

  • ACTION, PULLING OUT THEIR OWN WEAPONS.

  • WEAPONS. WE GET LATE DETAILS TONIGHT FROM

  • WE GET LATE DETAILS TONIGHT FROM REPORTER JACK HIGHBERGER.

  • REPORTER JACK HIGHBERGER. A WARNING, THIS VIDEO IS

  • A WARNING, THIS VIDEO IS DISTURBING.

  • DISTURBING. >> Reporter: IT HAPPENED IN THE

  • >> Reporter: IT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF CHURCH SERVICE.

  • MIDDLE OF CHURCH SERVICE. THIS LIVESTREAM SHOWING THE

  • THIS LIVESTREAM SHOWING THE GUNMAN APPROACH SOMEONE STANDING

  • GUNMAN APPROACH SOMEONE STANDING AT THE SIDE.

  • AT THE SIDE. HE THEN PULLS OUT WHAT APPEARS

  • HE THEN PULLS OUT WHAT APPEARS TO BE A LONG GUN AND FIRES.

  • TO BE A LONG GUN AND FIRES. [ SOUND OF GUNFIRE ]

  • [ SOUND OF GUNFIRE ] SHOOTING TWO PEOPLE.

  • SHOOTING TWO PEOPLE. ANOTHER CHURCH GOER PULLS OUT

  • ANOTHER CHURCH GOER PULLS OUT HIS OWN GUN AND FIRES BACK,

  • HIS OWN GUN AND FIRES BACK, TAKING DOWN THE GUNMAN.

  • TAKING DOWN THE GUNMAN. TERRIFIED PARISHIONERS DIVE FOR

  • TERRIFIED PARISHIONERS DIVE FOR COVER.

  • COVER. SOME FLEEING THE CHURCH.

  • SOME FLEEING THE CHURCH. OTHERS MOVING TOWARD THE DOWNED

  • OTHERS MOVING TOWARD THE DOWNED GUNMAN, THEIR OWN GUNS DRAWN.

  • GUNMAN, THEIR OWN GUNS DRAWN. IT HAPPENED AT WEST FREEWAY

  • IT HAPPENED AT WEST FREEWAY CHURCH OF CHRIST IN THE TOWN OF

  • CHURCH OF CHRIST IN THE TOWN OF WHITE SETTLEMENT, TEXAS, JUST

  • WHITE SETTLEMENT, TEXAS, JUST OUTSIDE OF FORT WORTH.

  • OUTSIDE OF FORT WORTH. 911 CALLS ABOUT GUNSHOTS STARTED

  • 911 CALLS ABOUT GUNSHOTS STARTED TO COME IN JUST BEFORE 10:00

  • TO COME IN JUST BEFORE 10:00 A.M.

  • A.M. >> WE'RE GOING TO NEED HELP.

  • >> WE'RE GOING TO NEED HELP. >> THE PERSON SHOT BY THE

  • >> THE PERSON SHOT BY THE SUSPECT DIED AT A LOCAL

  • SUSPECT DIED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

  • HOSPITAL. AS WE STATED, THE SUSPECT IS

  • AS WE STATED, THE SUSPECT IS DECEASED.

  • DECEASED. >> Reporter: GOVERNOR GREG

  • >> Reporter: GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT TODAY ISSUED THIS

  • ABBOTT TODAY ISSUED THIS STATEMENT IN RESPONSE.

  • STATEMENT IN RESPONSE. OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE VICTIMS

  • OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE VICTIMS AND FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED IN

  • AND FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED IN THE EVIL ACT OF VIOLENCE THAT

  • THE EVIL ACT OF VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED.

  • OCCURRED. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE CHURCH

  • I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE CHURCH MEMBERS WHO ACTED QUICKLY TO

  • MEMBERS WHO ACTED QUICKLY TO TAKE DOWN THE SHOOTER AND HELP

  • TAKE DOWN THE SHOOTER AND HELP PREVENT FURTHER LOSS OF LIFE.

  • PREVENT FURTHER LOSS OF LIFE. >> PLACES OF WORSHIP

  • >> PLACES OF WORSHIP HISTORICALLY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN

  • HISTORICALLY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN UNDER ATTACK.

  • UNDER ATTACK. THEY'RE EASY TARGETS.

  • THEY'RE EASY TARGETS. >> Reporter: MULTIPLE LAW

  • >> Reporter: MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE NOW

  • ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE NOW ASSISTING THE INVESTIGATION AS

  • ASSISTING THE INVESTIGATION AS POLICE WORK TO FIGURE OUT A

  • POLICE WORK TO FIGURE OUT A MOTIVE FOR THE DEADLY ATTACK.

  • MOTIVE FOR THE DEADLY ATTACK. >> BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, END OF

  • >> BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, END OF THE YEAR, HOLIDAY, IT'S ALL VERY

  • THE YEAR, HOLIDAY, IT'S ALL VERY TRAGIC.

  • TRAGIC. ANYTIME THAT WE SUFFER LOSS IN

  • ANYTIME THAT WE SUFFER LOSS IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT NOT ONLY

  • OUR COMMUNITY, IT NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE PEOPLE HERE TODAY,

  • AFFECTS THE PEOPLE HERE TODAY, BUT IT AFFECTS THE FIRST

  • BUT IT AFFECTS THE FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL.

  • RESPONDERS AS WELL. >> Reporter: PETER, TONIGHT AS

  • >> Reporter: PETER, TONIGHT AS LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKS TO FIGURE

  • LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKS TO FIGURE OUT A MOTIVE, THEY SAY THIS

>> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH KATE SNOW.

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