[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The woman entered the Houston church with a five-year-old boy just before 2pm
- After the woman began shooting, two cops 'engaged' and the woman was killed
- Houston officers said it was not clear if the kid was struck by the off-duty officers
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The female shooter who opened fire at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church on Sunday had a 'Free Palestine' message written on her weapon, per a new report.
The shooter has been identified as Genesse Ivonne Moreno, 36, who previously used the name Jeffrey and has a lengthy criminal record, including assault, marijuana posession and forgery.
The shooter used an AR-15 that had “Free Palestine” written on it.
The shooter also threatened that she had a bomb, but authorities searched her vehicle and backpack and found no explosives, the Houston police chief said.
She was also spraying “some type of substance on the ground,” Finner said.
On Sunday night, authorities searched a home in Conroe, Texas, in connection with the shooting, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed Monday. Spokesperson Melissa Garcia told CNN the ATF-Houston Division was one of the law enforcement agencies involved in the search, but provided no additional details on what they were searching for. The home is about 50 minutes north of Lakewood Church.
The shooting happened between services at the megachurch that is regularly attended by 45,000 people every week, making it the third largest megachurch in the U.S., according to the Hartford Institute for Religion Research. Osteen´s televised sermons reach about 100 countries.
Genesse Moreno went by Jeffrey Escalante Moreno, among other aliases, and was from El Salvador.
Moreno also posted about giving money to Osteen's church, and indicated that Moreno had attended and was part of that church.
Moreno's Instagram page shows that Moreno presented in a feminine way. |