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Attempted Shooting During Sermon a Man Claims Divine Intervention as Gun Malfunctioned

Attempted Shooting During Sermon a Man Claims Divine Intervention as Gun Malfunctioned

Bernard J. Polite, 26 (holding gun), entered the Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock just after 1 p.m. on May 5, 2024, and attempted to shoot the Rev. Glenn Germany, who was standing near the pulpit. | Screenshot/Facebook/Glenn Germany

A Pennsylvania pastor is expressing gratitude to God for miraculously stepping in to protect his life when a man tried to shoot him during Sunday’s sermon. Thankfully, the attempt failed due to a jammed gun.

“I am feeling grateful that I woke up this morning and that I am here. It could have gone an opposite direction,” the Rev. Glenn Germany of Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in North Braddock told The Associated Press. “God has intervened and I am grateful for Him.”

A nearly four-minute clip of the failed shooting inside the church shared by Germany on Facebook shows the pastor talking to his congregation for just over two minutes before a man, identified by police as Bernard J. Polite, 26, walks into the frame and almost instantly points a gun at the pastor. Germany instinctively holds his hands up to protect himself and begins to run for cover behind his pulpit.

Polite appeared intent on getting to his target and was advancing toward the pulpit to get to Germany before Clarence McCallister, a deacon of the church, runs into the video frame and tackles him from behind. Germany quickly joined McCallister in subduing and disarming Polite until a state trooper arrived.

The video, which was Livestreamed on Facebook, had a time stamp of just after 1 p.m.

Read complete story on ChristianPost.com

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