Barrage of gunfire as officers stop shooter at Joel Osteen’s megachurch
However, more than two weeks after the shooting at Lakewood Church on February 11, security and police body camera footage was made public on Monday, demonstrating the terrifying nature of the brief attack: Dispersed parishioners looking for cover in the corridors and rooms. Officers hiding behind walls and pulling their firearms. And the seven-year-old kid of the gunman, who was shot and injured and was later found lying on the ground, shielding his ears from the noise.
Before pulling the trigger, an officer can be heard yelling, “Put the weapon down, now.” “She may have a bomb,” a second officer warns.
The woman allegedly broke into the church in between Sunday services and started shooting an AR-style weapon. Moreno was shot and killed by two off-duty officers after failing to enter the main sanctuary. Not only was Moreno’s son injured, but so did another man.
One body camera captured people conversing before they abruptly stopped when the first gunshot was heard. Some started running, confused, and then there was a flurry of gunfire. There were witnesses hiding in hallways and rooms.
As authorities moved in on the shooting scene, gunshots could be heard resounding throughout the church structure in the video.
More sound-free security footage from the church appeared to show the youngster covering his ears after his mother left the frame. He looked to be in a recessed entryway. When she got close to him, he extended his arms to embrace her. The boy seems to follow her when she disappears off screen once more.