BREAKING NEWS – Nashville, Tennessee – A quick-thinking pastor in Nashville and a handful of congregants managed to tackle and disarm a suspect police said brandished a firearm during a Sunday morning service.
The dramatic scene played out inside Nashville Light Mission Pentecostal Church on West Trinity Lane, Fox 17 Nashville reported. Police in the city said Dezire Baganda, 26, who was seated toward the front of the church, took out the firearm and told members to get out of their seats.
The pastor was at the altar praying with congregants, but then quickly tackled the suspect, police said. Other members inside the church reportedly helped the pastor hold the suspect in place until police arrived. No shots were fired.
When Baganda was arrested, he had two black eyes, a broken jaw, and a busted lip. The district attorney said no assault charges will be filed against the church members because it happened during the Sunday service, and they simply “laid hands” on him.