It lasted just a few seconds, and the shooter got in his vehicle and took off,” he told CNN. Langendorff said he was driving by the church on the way to his girlfriend’s house when he saw Kelley and Willeford with their weapons drawn. What we know about suspect Devin Patrick Kelley That’s when Willeford approached Langendorff for a ride. Kelley got into his vehicle and fired off rounds through the driver’s side open window as drove away, Willeford said. “He didn’t even know how many rounds he had put in the magazine.” Willeford loaded his magazine as fast as he could, his cousin, Ken Leonard, told CNN’s Brooke Baldwin. Law enforcement said Willeford struck him in the leg and torso. I don’t know where I hit him,” Willeford said. “It was surreal to me that it could be happening. I was standing behind the pickup truck for cover,” Willeford told KHBS. Willeford heard the commotion and ran outside with his gun as Kelley was leaving the church. What life was like at church before a gunman opened fire (Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images) Erich Schlegel/Getty Images Kelley, 26, allegedly entered the church during a service and opened fire. At least 20 people were reportedly killed and 24 injured when a gunman, identified as Devin P. SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 5: Law enforcement officials gather near the First Baptist Church following a shooting on Novemin Sutherland Springs, Texas. “It was, ‘Do everything necessary to make sure that this guy is stopped.’” “I had to make sure he was caught,” Langendorff told CNN. We need to stop him,” Willeford told CNN affiliate KHBS. “I said, ‘that guy just shot up the Baptist church. He spotted Johnnie Langendorff’s truck across the street and hailed him down. Had he not done what he did, we could have lost more people.”Īs Kelley sped away in a pearl-colored Ford Explorer, Willeford knew he still had a part to play. “I don’t think there’s any question about that. “What do you say to the man who stepped up when he heard the gunshots? I’d say he’s a hero,” Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt Jr. When Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire inside First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs on Sunday, Stephen Willeford, who lives near the church, grabbed his own gun and ran out of the house barefoot to confront the gunman. The deadliest shooting in Texas history could have claimed even more lives if it weren’t for two strangers who jumped into action, authorities said.
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