On May 5, a gunman walked into the doors of Jesus’ Dwelling Place, service was underway, the gunman then pulled the trigger, but a deacon walked out a hero.
Captured on the church’s livestream video you can see the frightening moments when police say 26-year-old Bernard Polite walked to the front of the service, pulled a gun out, and shot directly at the pastor. Also captured, you can see a man run toward danger leap over the alter and tackle the gunman to the ground.
“I got a hold around his forearms and when I was in the air, I spun him around, and we sat right here,” said Clarence McCallister.
The man who jumps into action isn’t a police officer, or the church’s security he is Deacon Clarence McCallister.
“I was running the camera and as I was running the camera, I saw the pistol in his hand that’s when I tackled him, or I like to say took my leap of faith,” McCallister explained as he recalled that Sunday service.