The 70-year-old former FBI agent who was dubbed a hero after stopping the gunman who opened fire in a church during mass has opened up about the incident and revealed he doesn’t regret pulling the trigger.
As Jack Wilson who works as a security guard at the White Settlement’s West Freeway Church revealed, he doesn’t feel like he killed a human after sending a bullet to the head of Keith Thomas Kinnunen who opened fire and killed two during the mass.
“I don’t feel like I killed a human, I killed an evil and that’s how I’m coping with the situation,” the 70-year-old hero said in an interview with NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.
According to Mr. Wilson, he became suspicious of Kinnunen as soon as the attacker walked into the church due to his bizarre outfit including an oversized coat, a fake beard, a wig, and glasses.
After the attacker pulled out his gun and opened fire, it took Wilson just six seconds to fire a decisive headshot at Kinnunen and stop him from killing more innocent people.
“I was standing to Richard’s right about 6ft. He shot Richard [a member of Wilson’s security team] and shot Tony Wallace [parishioner], at that point I didn’t’ have a clear shot,” the former FBI agent told Fox as he recalled the church shooting.
“I finally got it about a second later. I took the shot, the shooter went down. I went over to cover, pulled the shotgun away from his body. Then other people in the church who are part of the security team came forward in case he tried to get up which he did not.”
As the 70-year-old claimed, the members of his security team kept their eyes on the shooter but couldn’t see him clearly until the attack commenced and he stepped forward after shooting two people.
“This type of scenario hopefully never happens. You train but hope you never have to go to that extreme. But if you do, your training will kick in,” Wilson added.
Following the interview with Fox, Wilson also spoke out during his appearance at NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt and made it clear he had no regrets about his decision to pull the trigger.
“The events at West Freeway Church of Christ put me in a position that I would hope no one would have to be in, but evil exists and I had to take out an active shooter in church,” he said.
“I’m thankful to GOD that I have been blessed with the ability and desire to serve him in the role of head of security at the church.
“I am very sad in the loss of two dear friends and brothers in CHRIST, but evil does exist in this world and I and other members are not going to allow evil to succeed.”
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