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HOUSTON (AP) — A shooter’s motive for opening fire in celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch remains unclear three days after the violence, while her criminal record and documented history of mental illness come under greater scrutiny. Police say Genesse Moreno, entered Lakewood Church with her 7-year-old son on Sunday and began firing into a hallway, sending worshippers scrambling for safety. Two people were wounded in the attack, including Moreno’s son, who was shot in the head and remains hospitalized in critical condition. Moreno, 36, was shot and killed by two...

The individual who attempted a mass shooting at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood megachurch in Houston on Sunday has been identified as 36-year-old Genesse Moreno — a El Salvadorian national, once held but released by immigration authorities, who left behind anti-Semitic writings. Moreno entered the church with her seven-year-old son during the Spanish-language service and proceeded to open fire on parishioners before being shot and killed by two off-duty police officers. During the shootout, Moreno’s son was shot, as well as one 57-year-old parishioner of the church.

Police are still investigating the events that led a Conroe mother to open fire with an AR-15 rifle in Houston's Lakewood Church on Sunday. • Two people, including the woman's 7-year-old son, were wounded before the woman was killed. Houston police chief Troy Finner said investigators who raided a Conroe home early Monday found antisemitic writings by the shooter. • Police said she had a history of mental illness and used several aliases, both male and female, but they identified her as Genesse Moreno, 36. • Commander Christopher Hassig did...

The main purpose of this article is to criticize the authorities for not taking any action over the last four years in response to reports of strange behavior by a Hispanic woman. Four women from Gulfstream in Conroe, who chose to remain anonymous, recounted how Genesse Ivonne Moreno tormented, insulted, and psychologically abused them. The first neighbor described living through hell for the past four years and making countless reports to the authorities about Moreno, with no response. She also mentioned that Moreno’s house had swastikas and that she pointed...

US Police Investigates Pro-Palestine Shooting At Megachurch Of Pastor Osteen; 1 Killed, 2 Injured HOUSTON, USA (Worthy News) – An investigation was underway Monday after a pro-Palestine person clad in a trench coat and accompanied by a child opened fire in a crowded Texas megachurch before she was gunned down by security, officials said. Police were seeking answers to the motives behind the Sunday shooting at pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, which has one of the nation’s largest congregations. However, the preliminary reporting indicated that the message “Free...

(CNN) — A woman who walked into a popular Texas megachurch Sunday afternoon with a long gun and her 7-year-old son opened fire before she was killed by law enforcement officers on scene. The gunfire left the child in critical condition and another man injured, officials said. Authorities are now probing the shooting at televangelist and pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church – roughly 6 miles from downtown Houston. The woman, identified in a search warrant as Genesse Ivonne Moreno, 36, entered the church shortly before 2 p.m. wearing a trench...

The news is breaking today that the person who walked into Lakewood Church in Houston on Sunday afternoon and opened fire was transgender. I have been waiting for more information about this shooting, as a Houstonian, and as a media observer. When the shooting was breaking news, one aspect of the story didn't sit well with me. It seemed as though local law enforcement and the media were not transparent with all they knew. It seemed like they were holding back. Frankly, I was waiting for the shooter to be...

Houston police have identified the person who shot two people at Lakewood Church Sunday as Genesse Ivonne Moreno, a 36-year-old with a criminal record and a history of mental health issues. Moreno, who walked into Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston on Sunday with a child and opened fire using a long gun, was then shot and killed by off-duty police officers at the church. The commander of the Houston Police Homicide Division, Chris Hassig, said Moreno used multiple aliases, including the name Jeffrey Escalante, adding that she’s used both...