A body was found in the home of a man accused of pulling a gun on a pastor during a church service in North Braddock on Sunday. The North Braddock church service was interrupted when a man jumped in front of the pastor with a gun in an apparent attempt to shoot him. Viewer discretion advised: Watch the incident unfold in the video player above. This happened at Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church on Lobringer Avenue. The church livestreamed its services and captured the moment a man pulled out a gun and pointed it directly at Pastor Glenn Germany, this gun jam. “I thank God that I’m still here, because he definitely pulled the trigger,” Germany said. Germany told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 he had never seen the shooter before Sunday. He said he noticed the shooter frequently entered and exited the church, even making eye contact with the pastor. That’s when the unexpected happened. “I started preaching and all of a sudden, on my left side, I saw him moving from the back to the front of the church, and he sat in the corner before the church and smiled at me,” Germany said. “…All of a sudden, I saw a gun pointed straight at me. And at that moment, all I could do was run for cover.” The Church members quickly sprung into action as Germany took cover. One man even jumped to attack the shooter. Eventually, he was able to get the gun out of the man’s hands. “He could have lost his life in that fight,” Germany said of the man who took the plunge. “But he sacrificed for everyone and he’s the hero.” documents identified the suspect as Bernard Polite, 26, of Braddock. According to the criminal complaint, Polite admitted to police that he tried to shoot Germany because “God told him to” and that he wanted to go to prison to wipe his mind. Sunday evening, a body was found in Polite’s home in the 500 block of Stokes Avenue. Police said a man was found shot inside. Early Monday morning, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man found shot to death. in this house as Derek Polite, 56, of North Braddock, a relative of Bernard Polite. “Nothing serious has ever happened in this house. There has been no domestic violence, no fights, no arguments that we know of that we could have heard,” said neighbor Guy Diperna. Neighbors were shocked to learn of the turn of events. They said Bernard and Derek were nice and there were never any problems. “I just hope it’s not Bernard, that’s all, because he was a nice guy, and so was Derek,” said neighbor Benjamin Jordan. So far, no charges have been filed in connection with the found body and Allegheny County police are investigating. this incident. Meanwhile, Bernard Polite was arraigned early Monday morning on charges related to the incident at the church, including attempted homicide. He was being held in the Allegheny County Jail with a preliminary hearing scheduled for later this month.
A body was found in the home of a man accused of pointing a gun at a pastor during a church service in North Braddock on Sunday.
The North Braddock church service was interrupted when a man jumped in front of the pastor with a gun in an apparent attempt to shoot him.
Viewer discretion advised: Watch the incident unfold in the video player above
It happened at Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church on Lobringer Avenue. The church livestreamed its services and captured the moment a man pulled out a gun and pointed it directly at Pastor Glenn Germany, this gun jam.
“I thank God that I’m still here, because he definitely pulled the trigger,” Germany said.
Germany told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 he had never seen the shooter before Sunday. He said he noticed the shooter frequently entered and exited the church, even making eye contact with the pastor. That’s when the unexpected happened.
“I started preaching and all of a sudden, on my left side, I saw him moving from the back to the front of the church, and he sat in the corner before the church and smiled at me,” Germany said. “…All of a sudden, I saw a gun pointed straight at me. And at that moment, all I could do was run for cover.”
The Church members quickly sprung into action as Germany took cover. One man even jumped to attack the shooter. Eventually, he was able to get the gun out of the man’s hands.
“He could have lost his life in that fight,” Germany said of the man who took the plunge. “But he sacrificed for everyone, and he’s the hero.”
Court documents identified the suspect as Bernard Polite, 26, of Braddock.
According to the criminal complaint, Polite admitted to police that he tried to shoot Germany because “God told him to” and that he wanted to go to prison to clear his mind.
Sunday evening, a body was found at Polite’s home in the 500 block of Stokes Avenue.
Police said a man was found shot inside.
Early Monday morning, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man found shot to death in that home as Derek Polite, 56, of North Braddock, a relative of Bernard Polite.
“Nothing serious has ever happened in this house. There has been no domestic violence, no fights, no arguments that we know of that we could have heard,” said neighbor Guy Diperna.
Neighbors were shocked to learn of the turn of events. They said Bernard and Derek were nice and there were never any problems.
“I just hope it’s not Bernard, that’s all, because he was a nice guy, and so was Derek,” said neighbor Benjamin Jordan.
So far, no charges have been filed in connection with the found body and Allegheny County police are investigating. this incident.
Meanwhile, Bernard Polite was arrested early Monday morning on charges related to the incident at the church, including attempted homicide.
He was being held at the Allegheny County Jail and his preliminary hearing is scheduled for later this month.
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