WATCH: Tennessee Pastor Tackles Armed Man During Church Service

Starrville Methodist Church
Starrville Methodist Church

A pastor tackled and helped disarm a man during Sunday church service at Nashville Light Mission Pentecostal Church.

WSMV reports that 26-year-old Dezire Baganda was sitting in a pew during the service, then allegedly walked up behind the pulpit and began waving a gun.

WSMV quotes police saying Baganda “pointed the handgun at the congregation.”

Surveillance video appears to show the pastor quickly moving up between the pews and the sanctuary wall, getting behind Baganda and tackling him:


ABC 7 identified the pastor as Ezekiel Ndikumana.

Ndikumana indicated that Baganda was not a church member but had attended services before.

Today notes that Baganda was charged with “15 counts of felony aggravated assault.”

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