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Shooting threat at First Communion Mass in Abbeville St Mary Magdalen
Posted on 5/11/24 at 11:42 am
Posted on 5/11/24 at 11:42 am
ETA: No shooting. Suspicious individual.
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Dear Parishioners,
This morning, our First Communion ceremony was interrupted when a suspicious person opened the back door. The individual was immediately confronted by parishioners, escorted outside and the police were called. The individual was quickly apprehended by Abbeville Police Department and is in their custody. Once apprehended, law enforcement entered the church to make sure there was no additional danger. This understandably caused panic. While we realize this was a frightening experience for those in attendance, we are incredibly grateful to both parishioners and police officers for acting quickly to ensure the safety of all. Chief Mike Hardy is handling the investigation with cooperation of the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s office and assistance from the FBI. Out of an abundance of caution, we will have uniformed law enforcement at all upcoming Masses. We invite First Communicants to receive First Holy Communion at whichever Mass they choose to attend this weekend. We are grateful for all the prayers for our St. Mary Magdalen community
Security was apparently provided prior. Not sure of details other than shooter is down. Someone walks up to the priest near the end of the video to inform of what’s going on. Video has been removed from Facebook.
ETA.
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Dear Parishioners,
This morning, our First Communion ceremony was interrupted when a suspicious person opened the back door. The individual was immediately confronted by parishioners, escorted outside and the police were called. The individual was quickly apprehended by Abbeville Police Department and is in their custody. Once apprehended, law enforcement entered the church to make sure there was no additional danger. This understandably caused panic. While we realize this was a frightening experience for those in attendance, we are incredibly grateful to both parishioners and police officers for acting quickly to ensure the safety of all. Chief Mike Hardy is handling the investigation with cooperation of the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s office and assistance from the FBI. Out of an abundance of caution, we will have uniformed law enforcement at all upcoming Masses. We invite First Communicants to receive First Holy Communion at whichever Mass they choose to attend this weekend. We are grateful for all the prayers for our St. Mary Magdalen community
Security was apparently provided prior. Not sure of details other than shooter is down. Someone walks up to the priest near the end of the video to inform of what’s going on. Video has been removed from Facebook.
ETA.
This post was edited on 5/11/24 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 5/11/24 at 11:44 am to GreasyCracklin
Ugh. Praying everyone is okay.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 11:44 am to GreasyCracklin
Did he actively shoot anyone before he was actively shot?
Posted on 5/11/24 at 11:46 am to GreasyCracklin
wtf
Guarantee a few conceal carry baws in there
Guarantee a few conceal carry baws in there
This post was edited on 5/11/24 at 11:47 am
Posted on 5/11/24 at 11:48 am to GreasyCracklin
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The live stream of the Mass is on Facebook.
A link would be nice here
Posted on 5/11/24 at 11:50 am to GreasyCracklin
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Abbeville
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by GreasyCracklin
Posted on 5/11/24 at 11:55 am to GreasyCracklin
Posted on 5/11/24 at 11:58 am to GreasyCracklin
It seems that nothing is sacred nowadays.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 12:40 pm to GreasyCracklin
I was actually there for my neice/god daughter’s 1st communion. No shots were fired. My brother in law was outside with his 2.5 year old that wasn’t cooperating. He and about 4 other dads saw a dude with a ruffle and a pistol and a ski mask. They surrounded him. One dad took the riffle and ran. Then police apprehended him. They went in the church to make sure he was a lone gunman. Pretty wild. I was covering my son and wife. Crazy lil Saturday.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 1:09 pm to GreasyCracklin
Posted on 5/11/24 at 1:23 pm to GreasyCracklin
churches are magnets for bad people
Posted on 5/11/24 at 1:46 pm to GreasyCracklin
Jeez - that’s great for those men that stopped him and what a fricking lunatic
At my church in BR we have deputies at all Masses because someone was robbed in the bathroom
At my church in BR we have deputies at all Masses because someone was robbed in the bathroom
Posted on 5/11/24 at 2:41 pm to GreasyCracklin
The person who made it inside of the church was a sophomore at the school and was armed with an AR-15 with a fully loaded magazine. When he made entry through the front of the church, a woman who is part of the school, confronted him, which disrupted his plan and he ran outdoors. Three men who were coming in with their children, apprehended him. A VC senior, who went along with the sophomore, fled the scene in a vehicle and was apprehended a short time later. These are the facts.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 3:33 pm to GreasyCracklin
Glad it didn't get any worse there.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 6:01 pm to GreasyCracklin
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This post was edited on 5/11/24 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 5/11/24 at 6:26 pm to GreasyCracklin
***Update*** the second person involved was not involved LEO saying it appears that this was a boyfriend/girlfriend runaway scheme where the male was supposed to take her (she was in the choir section upstairs) at gunpoint (staged kidnapping) and they were going to runaway together.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:01 pm to GreasyCracklin
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This post was edited on 5/11/24 at 7:21 pm
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