White Settlement Shooting

Jack Wilson poses for a photo at a firing range outside his home in Granbury, Texas. Wilson, who trains the volunteer security team of the West Freeway Church of Christ, killed a man who fatally shot two people there on Dec. 29.

Grand Jury Declines To Indict Church Security Guard Who Killed Gunman In Texas

Matthew S. Schwartz

Jack Wilson didn't hesitate when a man with a shotgun fired into a packed church near Fort Worth last winter. Wilson killed the man with one shot. On Monday, a grand jury declined to indict him.

A member of the church security team fires at a target at a shooting range in Krugerville.

Crime & Justice

Meet The Texas-Based Church Security Business Training Worshippers To Fight Back In Mass Shootings

Stacy Fernández | Texas Tribune

KRUGERVILLE — Liberty Hill resident T.J. Wagner yelled commands at his friend James Johnson in an empty classroom at a building in North Texas earlier…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shakes hands with Jack Wilson, who was awarded the Governor's Medal of Courage after shooting a gunman at the West Freeway Church in White Settlement last month.

Crime & Justice

Man Who Shot Gunman At White Settlement Church Gets Highest Texas Civilian Honor

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday gave Texas' highest civilian honor to a 71-year-old man who shot and killed an armed attacker at a church in December.Abbott…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a roundtable with the state's Domestic Terrorism Task Force this week in Austin. The group was created in response to last year's mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso.

'It Does Feel Like It's Happening All The Time': Why Some Feel Numb To News Of Gun Violence

Syeda Hasan

The shooting at a church in White Settlement nearly two weeks ago is just one of many incidents of public gun violence Americans have faced in recent...

Police officers David Riggall, left, and Nick Guadarrama, center, demonstrate how to clear a hallway intersection during a security training session at Fellowship of the Parks campus in Haslet.

When Sanctuaries Become Targets, Security Firms Help Harden Defenses

Hady Mawajdeh

Traditionally, sanctuary has meant "safety." But decades of mass shootings in places of worship have shaken that faith. Twenty years ago, it was Fort...

Community Gathers To Support North Texas Congregation

Christopher Connelly

The congregation of West Freeway Church of Christ gathered in the sanctuary Monday night – the first time since a gunman opened fire during a service...

Keith Thomas Kinnunen pictured in a June 16, 2015 photo provided by the River Oaks Police Department.

Local Man Identified As North Texas Church Gunman

Gabrielle Jones

Authorities have identified the gunman in Sunday's suburban Fort Worth church shooting as 43-year-old Keith Thomas Kinnunen of River Oaks, a small city...

Law enforcement vehicles are seen parked outside West Freeway Church of Christ as authorities continue to investigate a fatal shooting at the church, Sunday, Dec. 29.

'Evil Walked Boldly Among Us': Parishioners Kill Gunman After He Fires In North Texas Church

Gabrielle Jones

A gunman who opened fire Sunday morning at a suburban Fort Worth church was killed by two parishioners, authorities say. Two people died from the wounds...