A volunteer security team member stopped an attempted mass shooting at a local church in Wayne on Sunday. No parishioners were killed, thanks in part to Jay Trombley.
Watch Randy Wimbley’s video report:
Church security guard speaks out after shooting and killing armed man
Trombley is a member of Cross Pointe Community Church and its safety team, which sprang into action when 31-year-old Brian Browning showed up Sunday morning armed with a rifle and handgun.
“I heard a noise, thought it was mechanical at first, turned to see people running, asked them through a door what had happened. I thought it was in the cry room and a young woman said, ‘AR-15,’ and I said, ‘Where?’ She pointed and I headed in that direction,” Trombley said.
“We found out that evil came to our door, but God’s hand of protection was right over us. So many things happened that can only be God driven: that the parishioner shows up late to engage him with this pick-up truck to slow him down; that double pane window stopped five rounds that I fairly certain where I was standing to look at the wall behind me to see the impact to see that where rounds from his rifle traveled and impacted, I’m, I’m…God’s hand was protecting me,” Trombley said…