A man said 'God told him to do it' after he tried to shoot a pastor in a church, authorities said. His gun failed to fire and he was tackled by someone from the congregation.
A man who tried to shoot a pastor during his service at a church was wrestled to the floor after his gun failed to fire, according to police. Bernard J. Polite, 26, said 'God made me do it' and planned to 'wait to be arrested', court documents reveal, when he entered the Pennsylvania church just after 1pm on Sunday.
' Polite was not known at the church, officials said, and court filings say he wandered over to the church after hearing music coming from there. Read more:9/11 victim's DNA helps police identify body in 2003 cold caseDriver dies after crashing into White House gate The body of a shooting victim was found in a home near the church in North Braddock, where Polite had been shortly before going to the church, county police said.
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