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Texas Church Shooter Kills 2 Before Being Fatally Shot By Congregants

A gunman opened fire during a church service in an area called White Settlement. "Evil walked boldly among us," Sheriff Bill Waybourn said. "Good people raised up and stopped it before it got worse."

Updated at 9:35 p.m. ET

A gunman opened fire during a church service Sunday morning in White Settlement, Texas, killing two people before two church members returned fire and killed him, authorities said.

"Preliminary reports indicated

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