Woman firing long gun in Joel Osteen’s church killed by 2 off-duty officers; young boy with her hurt

Police say a woman in a trenchcoat opened fire with a long gun inside celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Texas megachurch before being gunned down by two off-duty officers who confronted her. The afternoon shooting at the Houston megachurch sent worshippers scrambling out of the building between busy Sunday services. Authorities say the woman was dead and a 5-year-old boy with her was critically wounded by gunfire. They also say a 57-year-old man was wounded. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner praised the officers for their quick actions. Osteen joined police at a news conference Sunday afternoon and said the shooting could have been much worse if it had happened during the larger 11 a.m. service. He said the church is “devastated.”