Lemmy Today
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • Create Community
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world ·
edit-2
1 year ago

A man tried to shoot a pastor during a church service but his gun wouldn't fire, state police say

abcnews.go.com

external-link
message-square
14
link
fedilink
75
external-link

A man tried to shoot a pastor during a church service but his gun wouldn't fire, state police say

abcnews.go.com

Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world ·
edit-2
1 year ago
message-square
14
link
fedilink
Authorities say a man who tried to shoot a pastor during a service at a Pennsylvania church because “God told him to do it” was thwarted when his gun didn’t fire and he was tackled by a congregant

Alternate source:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/06/man-pulls-gun-on-pastor-north-braddock-pennsylvania/73583650007/

alert-triangle
You must log in or register to comment.
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    35
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    1 year ago

    The pastor told WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh that Polite smiled at him and they made eye contact just before Polite pointed the gun at him.

    That’s not very polite.

    • AbidanYre@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      22
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      He smiled and made eye contact, what more do you want?

      • ours@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        8
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Not get shot at would be nice.

        • ABCDE@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          7
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          Luckily he didn’t get shot at either!

        • Transporter Room 3@startrek.websiteBanned
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          … There’s just no pleasing some people…

  • SeaJ@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    19
    ·
    1 year ago

    That congregant is a fucking hero. No hesitation.

    • tal
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      1 year ago

      I’m kinda surprised that they didn’t name him, as it seems like he kinda went above-and-beyond and they did name everyone else, but maybe he asked to not be.

  • Glowy@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    14
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    1 year ago

    Why doesn’t God’s word count when it is spoken to this man?

    • Xhieron@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Obviously wasn’t God’s word, was it?

      • dezmd@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        13
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Obviously it was all just God’s will for him to become an antifa deep state false flag actor.

        Edit: /s. Just to be clear.

        • mipadaitu@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          … /s???

          • dezmd@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            11
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            Lol yes, editing now, fogot what year it was.

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    Maybe he forgot to reload after killing Derek Polite. (Who may or may not be related to Bernard Polite.)

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    1 year ago

    Maybe he forgot to reload after killing Derek Polite. (Who may or may not be related to Bernard Polite.)

News@lemmy.world

news@lemmy.world

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !news@lemmy.world

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil

Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.

Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.

Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.

Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.

Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.

No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.

If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.

Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.

The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body

For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 3.92K users / day
  • 8.96K users / week
  • 16.2K users / month
  • 33.1K users / 6 months
  • 213 local subscribers
  • 29.3K subscribers
  • 26.5K Posts
  • 673K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • rjc@lemmy.world
  • Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world
  • Tenthrow@lemmy.world
  • JonsJava@lemmy.world
  • gedaliyah@lemmy.world
  • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.world
  • jeffw@lemmy.world
  • enu@lemmy.world
  • Wren@lemmy.world
  • BE: 0.19.11
  • Modlog
  • Legal
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org