Posted on 12/10/2007 5:17:49 PM PST by kellynla
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Jeanne Assam appeared before the news media for the first time Monday and said she "did not think for a minute to run away" when a gunman entered the New Life Church in Colorado Springs and started shooting.
There was applause as Assam went before reporters and TV cameras saying "God guided me and protected me."
New Life's Senior Pastor Brady Boyd called Assam "a real hero" because Murray "had enough ammunition on him to cause a lot of damage." When asked by a reporter if she felt like a hero, Assam said, "I was given the assignment to end this before it go too much worse."
"I give credit to God," she said.
Assam described how the gunman, Matthew Murray, entered the east entrance of the church firing his gun.
"There was chaos," Assam said, as parishioners ran away.
"I saw him coming through the doors" and took cover, Assam said. "I came out of cover and identified myself and engaged him and took him down."
"God was with me," Assam said. "I didn't think for a minute to run away."
Assam worked as a police officer in downtown Minneapolis during the 1990s and is licensed to carry a weapon. She attends one of the morning services and then volunteers as a guard during another service.
The victims killed in the Colorado Springs shooting were identified Monday as sisters Stephanie Works, 18, and Rachael Works, 16. Their father, David Works, 51, suffered two gunshot wounds -- one to the abdomen and one to the groin -- and was listed in fair condition on Monday. They were shot in the parking lot as they were getting into their van.
"Our concern is for our family that lost two teenage daughters. Our hearts are grieving," said Brady Boyd. "You can imagine, as parents, losing two children while coming to church, just showing up for a worship service, not bothering anyone."
Boyd said Assam was the one who suggested the church beef up its security Sunday following the Arvada shooting, which it did. The pastor credited the security plan and the extra security for preventing further bloodshed.
Boyd said there are 15 to 20 security people at the church. All are volunteers but the only ones armed are those who are licensed to carry weapons.
About 7,000 people were on the church campus at the time of the shooting, said Boyd.
"God was with me," Assam said. "I didn't think for a minute to run away."
Let's review.
1) Engage the gunman.
2) Take him down.
Oh, yes...very important...
3) Don't run away.
I hope they're taking notes at Columbine.
They did indeed. I hope I would have been up to the task should something like that have (God forbid) fallen to me.
It occurs to me that this is really terrible news for scum like Schemer, McCarthy, Feinstein, the Brady whore, etc. and their eager accomplices in the media. What we've been saying about "gun free zones" all along came true - their worst nightmare. An armed citizen (and a woman) saved the day by dropping the mass murderer in his tracks. So much for their efforts to try and make women fearful. Cheers for Miss Assam.
What I found weird was when everything went into slow motion.
I’d guess that by now those demons over at DU site are having a mega sissy-fit over her remark!!
marked to read later
So your logic is that the reason someone doesn't think the devil exists is because the devil has fooled him into thinking he doesn't exist.
Thanks for clearing that up.
I'm sure there are lot of people suffering across the planet thanking whatever god they believe in every day for assigning them to the specific purpose and dire circumstances in which they find themselves.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
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