Usher stopped gunman in Nashville church shooting

By Jennifer Cruz

Officers escort the suspect out of the hospital and to jail. (Photo: Metro Nashville Police Department)
An usher has been credited for his heroic action by stopping the gunman responsible for Sunday’s deadly shooting at a church outside Nashville.
Robert Engle, 22, tackled gunman Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, during a shooting spree that left one person dead and six others injured, according to a statement by Metro Nashville Police Department.
Nashville Police say Samson had two pistols and his face half-covered with a mask as he approached Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, about 10 miles outside Music City, around 11 am. He shot and killed Melanie Smith, 39, in the parking lot and then fired shots from the building’s main entrance where he wounded six people inside the church.
Minerva Rosa, who was one of 42 people attending the morning service, told a local ABC affiliate Samson “was just shooting.” She said Samson “shot a bunch outside” then continued to fire inside all the way to the front of the church. “Our church is senior people,” Rosa said. “They didn’t make it out.”
Engle confronted Samson during the chaos and the two engaged in a struggle. Samson pistol whipped Engle in the

Source: Guns.com