Footage: Houston Police Stop Shooter at Joel Osteen’s Megachurch

Footage: Houston Police Stop Shooter at Joel Osteen’s Megachurch
Officers and security respond after exchanging gunfire with a woman who opened fire at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Houston on Feb. 11, 2024, in a still from video. Houston Police Department via AP
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HOUSTON—The gunfire that shattered the calm at pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Houston only lasted about four minutes.

But surveillance video and police body camera footage released Monday, more than two weeks after the Feb. 11 shooting at Lakewood Church, showed the terror of the brief attack: Parishioners scattering, searching for safety in rooms and hallways. Officers drawing guns and taking cover behind walls. And the shooter’s 7-year-old son covering his ears during the chaos, and moments later laying on the floor after being shot and wounded.