Sorry to post this in multiple threads. Maybe need a consolidated one? But very useful information I believe:
A press release from the church is at:
http://www.newlifechurch.org/db_images2/12-10-9am.pdf
Some quotes from it:
Question: Can you tell us more about your security person who shot the
gunman?
Yes. She she is highly trained, and is a volunteer member of our church and,
simply, her role is to provide security and she did her job yesterday and she is a
real hero. When the shots were fired, she rushed toward the scene and
encountered the attacker in the hallway. He never got more than 50 feet inside our
building. There could have been a great loss of life yesterday, and she probably
saved over a hundred lives. He had enough ammunition on him to cause a lot of
damage, and she rushed toward the attacker and took him down in the hallway.
Question: Was the security officer stationed where she normally would be
stationed?
I don't know where she is normally stationed--she is often near me, but takes
assignments wherever needed. She is a volunteer--this is a person that comes to
our church and is a worshiper here. We have two services--so she sits in one
service and worships, and then serves in the second service as security many
times.
Question: Was she an off-duty police officer?
No, but she does have law enforcement background.
Question: Was she uniformed?
No, she was plain-clothes.
Question: How large is the security team? Are they all armed?
I don't know the exact number we have on the team--approximately fifteen or
twenty. The only ones that are armed are the ones licensed to be carry weapons.
We follow the law very carefully and we follow strict guidelines, because there is
obviously a lot of legality involved. We have to have a security team that large
because of the size of our church--we have 300,000 square feet of buildings and
there are people on our campus all the time. So we have to have a provide security
for that size building.
Question: Was the gun used her weapon or the church's weapon?
No, we don't own weapons. It was her personal weapon that she was licensed to
carry.
