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| location = [[Lakewood Church]]<br>[[Houston|Houston, Texas]], U.S.
| date = February 11, 2024
| time = c. 1:53 p.m.
| timezone = [[Central Time Zone|CST]]; [[UTC−06:00]]
| image = Lakewoodchurch.jpg
| type = [[Shooting]]
| weapon = [[AR-15–style rifle]]<ref>{{cite news |title=A woman walked into a Houston megachurch with a child and began shooting. Here's what we know |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/us/joel-osteen-lakewood-church-shooting-monday/index.html |work=CNN |date=February 12, 2024 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212103245/https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/us/joel-osteen-lakewood-church-shooting-monday/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| fatalities = 1 (the perpetrator)
| injuries = 2
| perpetrator = Genesse Ivonne Moreno<ref>{{cite news |title=Who was the shooter killed at Lakewood Church? |url=https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/lakewood-church-houston-shooter/285-dc80c9f7-4728-4016-bb34-574582f50f4b |work=KHOU |date=February 12, 2024 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212194221/https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/lakewood-church-houston-shooter/285-dc80c9f7-4728-4016-bb34-574582f50f4b |url-status=live }}</ref>
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On February 11, 2024, a [[Mass shooting|shooting]] occurred at [[Lakewood Church]] in [[Houston, Texas]] when a female opened fire.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Razek |first=Raja |date=2024-02-11 |title=Possible shooter down at pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, authorities say |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/11/us/joel-osteen-lakewood-church-houston-shooting/index.html |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
On February 11, 2024, a [[shooting]] occurred at [[Lakewood Church]] in [[Houston]], Texas, perpetrated by 36-year-old Genesse Moreno.

==Shooting==
Per Houston Law Enforcement, one person has been shot.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Weinstein |first=Janete |date=2024-02-11 |title=Shooting reported at pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Texas |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/shooting-reported-at-pastor-joel-osteens-lakewood-church-in-texas/5126527/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=NBC New York |language=en-US}}</ref> Witnesses stated they heard multiple shots fired around 2:00 pm CST, the time of the Spanish-language services beginning.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />
Witnesses at [[Lakewood Church]] stated that they heard multiple shots fired around 2:00 pm CST, the start time of the Spanish-language services.<ref name="shooting:2">{{Cite web |last=Lozano |first=Juan A. |date=2024-02-12 |title=What to know about a shooting at Joel Osteen's megachurch |url=https://apnews.com/article/church-shooting-joel-osteen-texas-ea557401f2eef247020e34297159536a |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref name="shooting:02">{{cite news |last=Razek |first=Raja |date=February 11, 2024 |title=Possible shooter down at pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, authorities say |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/11/us/joel-osteen-lakewood-church-houston-shooting/index.html |access-date=February 11, 2024 |work=CNN |archive-date=February 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211215359/https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/11/us/joel-osteen-lakewood-church-houston-shooting/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Ed Gonzalez]], Harris County Sheriff, said on [[Twitter|X]] that he "believed that a possible shooter is down, shot by one of our deputy’s on-scene."<ref name=":2" /> He later stated that he did not believe a Harris County deputy had taken the shooter down, saying that "other agencies fired."<ref name=":0" />
The shooter, Genesse Moreno, claimed to have a bomb in her backpack, but no bomb was subsequently found.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> She also sprayed "some type of substance on the ground".<ref name=":3">{{cite news |last1=Maxouris |first1=Christina |last2=Mascarenhas |first2=Lauren |last3=Miller |first3=John |date=February 12, 2024 |title=A woman walked into a Houston megachurch with a child and began shooting. Here's what we know |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/us/joel-osteen-lakewood-church-shooting-monday/index.html |access-date=February 12, 2024 |work=CNN |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212103245/https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/us/joel-osteen-lakewood-church-shooting-monday/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She shot a 47-year-old man in the leg, wounding him.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Vacchiano |first=Andrea |date=February 11, 2024 |title=Lakewood Church shooting: Woman with child in tow opens fire inside Joel Osteen's Texas megachurch |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/lakewood-church-shooting-woman-child-tow-opens-fire-inside-joel-osteens-texas-megachurch |access-date=February 11, 2024 |work=Fox News |archive-date=February 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211231740/https://www.foxnews.com/us/lakewood-church-shooting-woman-child-tow-opens-fire-inside-joel-osteens-texas-megachurch |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Sarah E. |date=February 11, 2024 |title=Female suspect fatally shot after shooting at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/authorities-respond-to-reported-shooting-near-houston-church/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212022842/https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/authorities-respond-to-reported-shooting-near-houston-church/ |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |work=CBS News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Ashley R. |last2=Bonner |first2=Jeanne |last3=Razek |first3=Raja |date=February 18, 2024 |title=Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church resumes Sunday service one week after shooting that left 7-year-old boy injured |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/18/us/joel-osteen-lakewood-church-reopens-shooting/index.html |access-date=February 18, 2024 |work=CNN}}</ref>

Police directed people to avoid the area, describing it as "on-going, active scene".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Police respond to possible shooting at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen's Texas megachurch, ask people to avoid area |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-respond-shooting-celebrity-pastor-joel-osteens-texas-107143128 |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
Moreno said "Stay calm, all I need is help",<ref name=":7">{{cite news |last=Mayes-Osterman |first=Cybele |date=27 February 2024 |title=New footage shows moments after shooter opens fire at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/27/genesse-moreno-footage-lakewood-church-shooting/72755999007/ |access-date=February 29, 2024 |work=USA TODAY}}</ref> then proceeded to fire more rounds.

A [[reunification center]] was established at [[Lamar High School (Houston)|Lamar High School]], 1.2 miles from the scene, according to NBC.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Associated Press]] stated that the reunification center was at "a nearby fitness center."<ref name=":2" />
Two off-duty officers, serving as security at the church, killed Moreno after she pointed an AR-15 at them. Moreno's seven-year-old son was shot in the exchange of gunfire.<ref name=":4">{{cite news |last=Faguy |first=Ana |date=February 12, 2024 |title=What We Know About The Lakewood Church Shooter |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2024/02/12/what-we-know-about-the-lakewood-church-shooter/ |access-date=February 12, 2024 |work=Forbes |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213010006/https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2024/02/12/what-we-know-about-the-lakewood-church-shooter/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The child was taken to the [[Texas Children's Hospital]] in critical condition.<ref name=":1" /> Moreno was shot and killed four minutes after entering the church.<ref name=":7" />

Houston police are also looking for a possible 2nd suspect, however it has not been confirmed if there is one.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}
Reports of a second shooter caused some alarm among Houston residents, leading police to evacuate businesses in the commercial district. Police confirmed that there was no second shooter.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |last1=Hernández |first1=Arelis R. |last2=Boorstein |first2=Michelle |date=February 12, 2024 |title=Police kill female shooter, injure child after shots fired inside megachurch |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/11/shooting-lakewood-church-joel-osteen/ |access-date=February 12, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

The wounded 47-year-old man was released from the hospital by February 12.<ref name=":4" /> The seven-year-old had a portion of the [[frontal lobe]] of his brain surgically removed,<ref name=":5">{{cite news |last=Ryan |first=Shannon |last2=Guillermo |first2=Matt |date=February 15, 2024 |title=Lakewood Shooting latest: Boy lost part of frontal lobe, grandmother says; Evidence log revealed |url=https://abc13.com/lakewood-church-genesse-moreno-shooter-houston-megachurch-shooting-victims/14429514/ |access-date=February 16, 2024 |work=ABC13 Houston}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> and had his breathing tube removed after 13 days.<ref name=":6">{{cite news |last=Grunau |first=Sarah |date=February 26, 2024 |title=7-year-old boy critically injured in Lakewood Church shooting now breathing on his own, grandmother says |url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2024/02/26/478735/7-year-old-boy-critically-injured-in-lakewood-church-shooting-now-breathing-on-his-own-grandmother-says/ |access-date=February 29, 2024 |work=Houston Public Media}}</ref> His grandmother Rabbi Walli Carranza urged people to "demand that no one’s [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|second amendment]] rights overtake an innocent child’s inherent right to life".<ref name=":6" />

Camera footage from [[Body camera|body cameras]] and [[Closed-circuit television|surveillance cameras]] was released by the police.<ref name=":7" />

== Perpetrator ==
Police confirmed the following day that they identified the shooter as 36-year-old Genesse Ivonne Moreno (August 21, 1987<ref>{{cite web|date=February 11, 2024 |title=Search Warrant document of Genesse Moreno - Montgomery County, Texas|url=https://interactive.khou.com/pdfs/Moreno-Residential-Signed-Warrant_Redacted.pdf|website=KHOU}}</ref> – February 11, 2024).<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Brittany |last2=Strauss |first2=Debbie |date=February 12, 2024 |title=Houston Lakewood Church shooting suspect identified as Conroe resident in search warrant |url=https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/02/12/search-warrant-identifies-suspect-in-deadly-lakewood-church-shooting/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212221621/https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/02/12/search-warrant-identifies-suspect-in-deadly-lakewood-church-shooting/ |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |work=Click2Houston}}</ref> Moreno was raised in [[Conroe, Texas]], and had both a [[criminal record]] and documented [[Mental disorder|mental health issues]].<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lozano |first=Juan |last2=Coronado |first2=Acacia |last3=Vertuno |first3=Jim |date=2024-02-12 |title=Shooter entered Texas megachurch with young son and used AR-style rifle in the attack, police say |url=https://apnews.com/article/church-shooting-joel-osteen-texas-d3c7011f83c57206dc2348cc33035c97 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> Carranza, her ex-mother-in-law, said that she had [[schizophrenia]] that caused her to become violent,<ref name=":9">{{cite news |last=Owen |first=Tess |date=February 13, 2024 |title=The Far Right Is Spreading Misinformation Claiming the Lakewood Church Shooter Was Trans |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bnna/lakewood-church-shooting-houston-far-right-misinformation-claiming-suspect-transgender |access-date=February 14, 2024 |work=Vice |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214054346/https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bnna/lakewood-church-shooting-houston-far-right-misinformation-claiming-suspect-transgender |url-status=live }}</ref> and claimed that "What was needed for years was a collaborative mental health and law enforcement response".<ref name=":7" /> She legally obtained her weapon in December 2023; Carranza criticized the lack of a [[red flag law]].<ref name=":9" />

Carranza unsuccessfully petitioned for [[conservatorship]] of Moreno's son, the injured child, in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Almasy |first1=Steve |last2=Maxouris |first2=Christina |last3=Rose |first3=Andy |date=February 13, 2024 |title=Houston megachurch shooter had history of mental illness but still was able to buy a gun, her mother-in-law says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/us/joel-osteen-lakewood-church-shooting-tuesday/index.html |work=CNN}}</ref>

{{as of|2024|2|19|df=US}}, no motive is known.<ref name=":4" /> Police confirmed that Moreno's AR-15–style rifle had a "Palestine" sticker on it and claimed that [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] writings had been discovered.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fiallo |first=Josh |date=February 12, 2024 |title=Cops Find Texas Megachurch Shooter's 'Antisemitic Writings' |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/search-warrant-reveals-genesse-moreno-was-behind-shooting-at-joel-osteens-megachurch |access-date=February 12, 2024 |work=The Daily Beast |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212193417/https://www.thedailybeast.com/search-warrant-reveals-genesse-moreno-was-behind-shooting-at-joel-osteens-megachurch |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Margolin |first=Josh |last2=Shapiro |first2=Emily |last3=Villarreal |first3=Mireya |date=February 12, 2024 |title=Lakewood Church shooting: AR-15 had 'Palestine' sticker, antisemitic writings recovered, police say |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/lakewood-church-shooting-motive-unknown-pro-palestinian-message/story?id=107158963 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213012428/https://abcnews.go.com/US/lakewood-church-shooting-motive-unknown-pro-palestinian-message/story?id=107158963 |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |work=ABC News}}</ref> According to the [[Anti-Defamation League]], Moreno had made multiple comments propagating [[anti-semitic]] conspiracy theories, praising [[Osama bin Laden]], and promoting terrorist organizations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lakewood Megachurch Shooter Expressed Antisemitism, Support for Islamist Terrorist Groups |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/lakewood-megachurch-shooter-expressed-antisemitism-support-islamist-terrorist-groups |website=www.adl.org}}</ref>

Moreno previously used the alias Jeffery Escalante; although she at no point was identified as anything other than a cisgender female, her use of this alias caused [[Far-right politics|far-right]] commentators, including [[Libs of TikTok]] and [[Fox News]],<ref name=":82">{{cite news |last=Wiggins |first=Christopher |date=12 February 2024 |title=Libs of TikTok and GOP misidentify Texas shooter as trans |url=https://www.advocate.com/news/false-transgender-claim-texas-shooter |access-date=February 29, 2024 |work=The Advocate}}</ref> to spread [[misinformation]] claiming that the shooter was a [[Trans woman|transgender woman]].<ref name=":9" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Zhou |first=Li |date=February 13, 2024 |title=The far right is using the Lakewood Church shooting for anti-trans attacks |url=https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/2/13/24072287/lakewood-church-shooting-anti-trans-messaging |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214025449/https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/2/13/24072287/lakewood-church-shooting-anti-trans-messaging |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |work=Vox}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Goldin |first=Melissa |date=February 13, 2024 |title=The Texas megachurch shooter has not been identified as transgender, despite claims online |url=https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-houston-texas-church-shooter-transgender-641478749917 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214043322/https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-houston-texas-church-shooter-transgender-641478749917 |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |work=AP News}}</ref> Fox News later edited its article to remove the claim.<ref name=":82" /> Republican politicians, including [[Ted Cruz]],<ref name=":102">{{cite news |last=Dodds |first=Io |date=February 14, 2024 |title=Ted Cruz and Don Jr boost debunked claim Lakewood Church shooter was a transgender woman |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/lakewood-shooting-genesse-jeffrey-moreno-transgender-b2495803.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214232425/https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/lakewood-shooting-genesse-jeffrey-moreno-transgender-b2495803.html |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |work=The Independent}}</ref> [[Donald Trump Jr.]],<ref name=":102" /> [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]],<ref name=":82" /> and [[Josh Hawley]]<ref name=":82" /> promoted the claim. This continued an ongoing trend of conservative commentators claiming that the LGBT community is to blame for increasing gun violence in America.<ref name=":102" /> However, this claim contradicts statistics that trans people are far more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence.<ref name=":82" /><ref name=":9" />

== Responses ==
[[Lakewood Church]] asked people to "pray for Lakewood and our community".<ref name=":0" /> [[Joel Osteen]], its pastor, said: "Of course, we're devastated. We don't understand why these things happen. We're going to pray for the 5-year-old little boy, the lady who is deceased and the other gentleman. We're going to stay strong and continue to move forward."<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
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Latest revision as of 15:27, 17 July 2024

Lakewood Church shooting
LocationLakewood Church
Houston, Texas, U.S.
DateFebruary 11, 2024
c. 1:53 p.m. (CST; UTC−06:00)
Attack type
Shooting
WeaponAR-15–style rifle[1]
Deaths1 (the perpetrator)
Injured2
PerpetratorGenesse Ivonne Moreno[2]

On February 11, 2024, a shooting occurred at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, perpetrated by 36-year-old Genesse Moreno.

Shooting

Witnesses at Lakewood Church stated that they heard multiple shots fired around 2:00 pm CST, the start time of the Spanish-language services.[3][4]

The shooter, Genesse Moreno, claimed to have a bomb in her backpack, but no bomb was subsequently found.[5][6] She also sprayed "some type of substance on the ground".[7] She shot a 47-year-old man in the leg, wounding him.[8][5][9]

Moreno said "Stay calm, all I need is help",[10] then proceeded to fire more rounds.

Two off-duty officers, serving as security at the church, killed Moreno after she pointed an AR-15 at them. Moreno's seven-year-old son was shot in the exchange of gunfire.[6] The child was taken to the Texas Children's Hospital in critical condition.[5] Moreno was shot and killed four minutes after entering the church.[10]

Reports of a second shooter caused some alarm among Houston residents, leading police to evacuate businesses in the commercial district. Police confirmed that there was no second shooter.[11]

The wounded 47-year-old man was released from the hospital by February 12.[6] The seven-year-old had a portion of the frontal lobe of his brain surgically removed,[12][13] and had his breathing tube removed after 13 days.[13] His grandmother Rabbi Walli Carranza urged people to "demand that no one’s second amendment rights overtake an innocent child’s inherent right to life".[13]

Camera footage from body cameras and surveillance cameras was released by the police.[10]

Perpetrator

Police confirmed the following day that they identified the shooter as 36-year-old Genesse Ivonne Moreno (August 21, 1987[14] – February 11, 2024).[15] Moreno was raised in Conroe, Texas, and had both a criminal record and documented mental health issues.[6][16] Carranza, her ex-mother-in-law, said that she had schizophrenia that caused her to become violent,[17] and claimed that "What was needed for years was a collaborative mental health and law enforcement response".[10] She legally obtained her weapon in December 2023; Carranza criticized the lack of a red flag law.[17]

Carranza unsuccessfully petitioned for conservatorship of Moreno's son, the injured child, in 2022.[18]

As of February 19, 2024, no motive is known.[6] Police confirmed that Moreno's AR-15–style rifle had a "Palestine" sticker on it and claimed that antisemitic writings had been discovered.[19][20] According to the Anti-Defamation League, Moreno had made multiple comments propagating anti-semitic conspiracy theories, praising Osama bin Laden, and promoting terrorist organizations.[21]

Moreno previously used the alias Jeffery Escalante; although she at no point was identified as anything other than a cisgender female, her use of this alias caused far-right commentators, including Libs of TikTok and Fox News,[22] to spread misinformation claiming that the shooter was a transgender woman.[17][23][24] Fox News later edited its article to remove the claim.[22] Republican politicians, including Ted Cruz,[25] Donald Trump Jr.,[25] Marjorie Taylor Greene,[22] and Josh Hawley[22] promoted the claim. This continued an ongoing trend of conservative commentators claiming that the LGBT community is to blame for increasing gun violence in America.[25] However, this claim contradicts statistics that trans people are far more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence.[22][17]

Responses

Lakewood Church asked people to "pray for Lakewood and our community".[8] Joel Osteen, its pastor, said: "Of course, we're devastated. We don't understand why these things happen. We're going to pray for the 5-year-old little boy, the lady who is deceased and the other gentleman. We're going to stay strong and continue to move forward."[5]

References

  1. ^ "A woman walked into a Houston megachurch with a child and began shooting. Here's what we know". CNN. February 12, 2024. Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "Who was the shooter killed at Lakewood Church?". KHOU. February 12, 2024. Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  3. ^ Lozano, Juan A. (February 12, 2024). "What to know about a shooting at Joel Osteen's megachurch". AP News. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  4. ^ Razek, Raja (February 11, 2024). "Possible shooter down at pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, authorities say". CNN. Archived from the original on February 11, 2024. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d Jenkins, Sarah E. (February 11, 2024). "Female suspect fatally shot after shooting at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church". CBS News. Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e Faguy, Ana (February 12, 2024). "What We Know About The Lakewood Church Shooter". Forbes. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  7. ^ Maxouris, Christina; Mascarenhas, Lauren; Miller, John (February 12, 2024). "A woman walked into a Houston megachurch with a child and began shooting. Here's what we know". CNN. Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Vacchiano, Andrea (February 11, 2024). "Lakewood Church shooting: Woman with child in tow opens fire inside Joel Osteen's Texas megachurch". Fox News. Archived from the original on February 11, 2024. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  9. ^ Williams, Ashley R.; Bonner, Jeanne; Razek, Raja (February 18, 2024). "Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church resumes Sunday service one week after shooting that left 7-year-old boy injured". CNN. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d Mayes-Osterman, Cybele (February 27, 2024). "New footage shows moments after shooter opens fire at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church". USA TODAY. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  11. ^ Hernández, Arelis R.; Boorstein, Michelle (February 12, 2024). "Police kill female shooter, injure child after shots fired inside megachurch". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
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