Police identify Michigan church shooting suspect as man who attended with his mother

DETROIT — Police on June 23 identified the heavily armed suspect who was fatally shot by security after he opened fire outside a Michigan church filled with worshipers as a man who attended the church with his mother.

Brian Browning, 31, was shot and killed on June 22 at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, a western suburb of Detroit. Browning had attempted to burst into a morning service at the church before another person tried to stop him with their truck, according to police.

The church’s security team then intervened and exchanged gunfire, police said. One worshiper told the Detroit Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network, that the church had trained for such a situation and credited it with protecting “all those attending,” which included children…

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