The deceased shooter at Joel Olsteen’s Lakewood Church was a female armed with a long rifle, wearing a trench coat, accompanied by a small child who is now in critical condition after being hit, according to law enforcement.
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner revealed in a Sunday news conference following the incident that the shooter was a woman between the ages of 30-35. The shooter brought the 4 to 5 year old child with her to the shooting.
When she began firing, two off-duty law enforcement officers, one a Houston cop and the other a federal officer, engaged the suspect, shooting and killing her. The child was also struck and is in critical condition.
Asked by a reporter whether it was the officers shots that struck the child, Finner said he had “no idea right now” if that was the case. “She fired, we don’t know. And I don’t want to speculate on that.”
“I will say this. If it was — Unfortunate. And that female, that suspectm put that baby in danger. I’m going to put that blame on her,” Finner said.