{"id":132330,"date":"2017-11-05T17:08:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T23:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=132330"},"modified":"2017-11-05T17:10:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T23:10:52","slug":"texas-church-massacre-kills-27-at-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=132330","title":{"rendered":"Texas church massacre kills 27 at service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-132332\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TexaschurchshootngNov5-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TexaschurchshootngNov5-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TexaschurchshootngNov5-325x175.jpg 325w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TexaschurchshootngNov5.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) \u2014\u00a0 A law enforcement official says\u00a027 \u00a0people\u00a0were killed Sunday\u00a0in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/\">a shooting at a church <\/a>in a small town outside San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>The official, who was briefed on the investigation, says the gunman fled the church in a vehicle after the shooting and was also killed, either by a self-inflicted wound or during a confrontation with police. The official was not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>The official says between 10 to 15 people were also injured but stressed the investigation was early and the figures could change. Authorities are still trying to determine a motive.<\/p>\n<p>Federal law enforcement swarmed the scene to offer assistance, including ATF investigators and members of the FBI&#8217;s evidence collection team.<\/p>\n<p>The wife of the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs says the couple&#8217;s 14-year-old daughter was among those killed in a mass shooting, Sunday\u00a0at the church.<\/p>\n<p>Sherri Pomeroy, wife of Pastor Frank Pomeroy, said in a text message that she lost her daughter &#8220;and many friends&#8221; in the Sunday shooting. The text came in response to an interview request sent by The Associated Press to a phone number linked in online records to Frank Pomeroy.<\/p>\n<p>Sherri Pomeroy says both she and her husband were out of town and trying to get back to Sutherland Springs, outside of San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) \u2014\u00a0 A law enforcement official says\u00a027 \u00a0people\u00a0were killed Sunday\u00a0in a shooting at a church in a small town outside San Antonio. The official, who was briefed on the investigation, says the gunman fled the church in a vehicle after the shooting and was also killed, either [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":81244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132330"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132333,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132330\/revisions\/132333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}