As reported by Newschief.com. When they got to the gunman, deputies found dozens of extra bullets in his pocket – a number that gave Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd reason for pause.
“We don’t know why he went into his mad rage,” Judd said. “He was prepared to shoot even more.”
Authorities on Sunday arrested Jeremiah Fogle, 57, and said he shot and killed his wife at their home, then stomped through the front doors of the Greater Faith Christian Center Church in West Lakeland and shot two ministers at point-blank range.
The Rev. William Boss, chief pastor at the church, and the Rev. Carl Stewart, the assistant minister, were in Lakeland Regional Medical Center’s trauma and ICU units Sunday night.
Authorities said Stewart, who took three shots to the head, shoulder and back, remained in critical condition throughout the day. Boss suffered a non-life threatening gunshot wound to the head.
Judd said the investigation became more grisly when deputies discovered the body of Fogle’s wife, Theresa Fogle, 56, who was shot to death in the living room of the couple’s home at 740 Savannah Ave, just one block west of the church. Deputies haven’t confirmed the exact time she was killed.
Churchgoers were kneeling in prayer when the shots rang out there, just before 10 a.m.
Judd described the church at 2035 W. Parker St. as a scene of “absolute panic.” Read the full story by Clicking Here
