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Pastor Makes Heroic Tackle Against Armed Gunman During Church Service
Published 2 years ago
Heroic actions captured by a surveillance camera shows the moments a Pastor tackled a man armed with a gun, preventing what could has been a mass shooting.
On November 7th, 2021, 26-year-old Dezire Baganda entered the Nashville Light Mission Pentecoastal Church, where he participated in Sunday services. While praying with parishioner's, Baganda walked up to the Altar and drew a handgun. Although there is no audio with the footage, Baganda can be observed pointing his weapon at worshippers of the church.
Watching closely in the bottom right of the footage, one pastor risks his own life to steadily sneak behind Baganda. With the opportunity to make a cowardly escape through the back, the pastor instead charges the man and spear tackles him from the rear, fully disarming Baganda. Additional reports have indicated, the pastor and other personnel proceeded to secure Baganda until law enforcement officers arrived on scene.
Baganda has since been charged with 15 counts of felony aggravated assault. Had the pastor not taken this heroic actions, those aggravated assault charges could have been murder charges.
