Two pastors shot during service, two heroes overpower shooter

Deputies: Man runs in church, shoots pastors after killing wife
By Arelis R. Hernández, Orlando Sentinel
9:30 p.m. EDT, September 18, 2011

Two church pastors were critically injured when a 57-year-old Polk County man with a criminal record went on a "mad rage" and opened fire at a church Sunday morning after killing his wife inside their home, officials said.

The congregation of Greater Faith Christian Center had just bowed their heads and closed their eyes as their pastor led them in prayer Sunday morning before service was to commence at about 10 a.m.

All the men, women and children — about 18 of them — knelt down, save one elderly parishioner who was too frail to bend her knees.

According to a spokesperson for the Polk County Sheriff's Office, she was the only one who saw the suspect, Jeremiah Fogle, run through the front doors of the sanctuary, down the center aisle to the altar, where he peered into the pastor's face.

Panic broke out inside the Lakeland church while two congregants, Derrick Foster and Corey Reed, struggled to disarm Fogle, hitting him with a microphone stand and overpowering him.

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