https://www.nbcnews.com/news/u...-shooting-rcna214352

"June 22, 2025, 2:08 PM EDT / Updated June 23, 2025, 9:51 AM EDT
By Viola Flowers and Selina Guevara
A man with long gun and a handgun opened fire outside a Michigan church Sunday and was killed by two employees who returned fire, police said.

A security guard at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne was shot twice in a leg during the confrontation and was awaiting surgery at a hospital Sunday night, Wayne Police Chief Ryan Strong said at a news conference.

He described the injuries as "non-life-threatening."

Authorities initially said the security guard returned fire and took out the shooter, but police now say he was not one of the church staffers who opened fire on the gunman just after 11 a.m.

The gunman came to the attention of the staffers when he drove recklessly before he arrived, got out of a vehicle and opened fire steps away from the church, Strong said.

The man had on a tactical vest and carried the two firearms but was quickly confronted and was not only fatally shot but also hit by a driver and a churchgoer, the chief said.

"A parishioner struck the gunman with his vehicle as the gunman shot the vehicle repeatedly," he said. "At least two staff members shot the gunman, causing fatal wounds."

Strong said the staffers who opened fire may have prevented a tragic mass shooting by a person he described as possibly "suffering a mental health crisis" who was virtually unknown to the church. He said police had "limited" interaction with the man.

"We are grateful for the heroic actions of the church's staff members, who undoubtedly saved many lives and prevented a large-scale mass shooting," Strong said.

Deputy Chief Finley Carter III earlier described him as a 31-year-old man. Police later said he is from Romulus, a city about 5 miles south of Wayne. His name was not released."

The attacker was the son of a woman who attends the church.

"Police say the suspect is Brian Anthony Browning, a 31-year-old man from Romulus. They believe that Browning was suffering from a mental health crisis. Police say Browning was armed with an AR-15 style rifle, more than a dozen fully-loaded magazines, a semi-automatic handgun with an extended magazine and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

Browning's mother is a member of the church, with police saying he had attended church service there two or three times over the course of the last year."

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more than a dozen fully-loaded magazines

Has a reporter ever informed us about partially loaded magazines?

I like a happy ending.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by wcb6092:

more than a dozen fully-loaded magazines

Has a reporter ever informed us about partially loaded magazines?

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"suffering a mental health crisis"

Crisis averted - permanently.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by wcb6092:

more than a dozen fully-loaded magazines

Has a reporter ever informed us about partially loaded magazines?

That’s a partially loaded question.

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