Investigation after shooting at Joel Osteen's Lakewood church in Houston

A woman opened fire at Lakewood Church in Houston on Sunday before two security officers shot and killed her. A 5-year-old boy who was with her and a 57-year-old man were wounded. Some of the details in this story are disturbing.
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[@Wiinnk]

Lets stop calling him a her

[@starshine3588]

It’s been reported that she is the mother of that child….and her and the father were in a custody battle. She was also diagnosed schizophrenic years ago. The father of the child had reported that he was afraid for the safety of his son.

[@Neppy1414]

@@starshine3588 you seem to really support this criminal. ive seen yoir same response throughout these conversations.

[@Wiinnk]

@@starshine3588 also you mean him and the mother bc we know she's the father

[@tepilahruach802]

Is that a man? They keep saying that's the boys biological mother. ​@@Wiinnk

[@rumblebudgie2085]

Ban assault trans!

[@kenandbarbie-b6c]

TN, TX … etc…

[@darlingdeb7010]

😂 agreed

[@YouTubeSlappedMyPeePee]

This is like #7 in a row. 😂

[@goodmorningsundaymorning4533]

From El salvador

[@starshine3588]

It’s been reported that she and her husband were in a custody battle and he reported that he was scared of the safety of their child. She was also diagnosed schizophrenic years ago.

[@Ratatatdat]

The shooter dragged her kid in with her and had "Free Palestine" written on her gun

[@white_genocide2050]

😂😂😂 this is not a jewish church

[@brentshults529]

it turns out that she was a he, so he dragged his kid with him. Very confused person indeed.

[@randymarsh3582]

He was also an illegal immigrant from El Salvador. Nothing to see here

[@DJ-os5ih]

@@white_genocide2050 Christians support Israel.

[@benitosalazar3749]

You mean his kid, his gun....

[@theetrue4083]

best advice I ever got: from the media, believe nothing you hear, and half of what you see.

[@raygaray8695]

Why no mention of what was written on her “long gun”?

[@papasmurf555]

It says YER MOM 2024

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

Can't talk about lefty viilence

[@conscience9915]

Wasent that the same pastor who refused people shelter at his mega church during a hurricane

[@jordanloera7475]

That’s what people say online. The story is messed up though, nobody was really at the church while the city was flooded. They claim Joel Osteen didn’t “let people in” but obviously the church was closed. When they reopened they did help people for hurricane relief

[@goodmorningsundaymorning4533]

He's a motivational speaker. Not a pastor. Huge difference.

[@iloveyou281000]

@@goodmorningsundaymorning4533He’s both combined

[@goodmorningsundaymorning4533]

@@iloveyou281000 you can't be both. You're either one of the other. He's a liar

[@iloveyou281000]

@@goodmorningsundaymorning4533 Sure you can be both and Do you actually know him personally?

[@brentshults529]

I just watched the nightly news for ABC/ NBC and CBS, not one mention of the person being trans, unbelievable.

[@tepilahruach802]

That's a man?!?

[@zackbutz1411]

We are using the terms, she, her, and woman, very loosely here aren’t we?

[@daniellemarie1299]

It's not a "her"

[@papasmurf555]

REALLY????? *I don't care.*

[@saintbees2088]

It's an "it".

[@joeyharper4976]

​@@papasmurf555Clearly you do.

[@basil770]

"The shooter used an AR-15 that had “Free Palestine” written on it, according to a federal law enforcement source. Investigators are trying to sort out whether she was politically motivated or a disturbed individual, the source said."

[@c.eb.1216]

This gets weirder and weirder.

[@white_genocide2050]

​@@c.eb.1216 its not a jewish church

[@c.eb.1216]

@@white_genocide2050 What? No such thing. Different religions. It's barely even a church anyway. More like a motivational seminar with vaguely religious undertones.

[@Sheikh_Yerbouti]

@@white_genocide2050 what's your point? Christians support Israel.

[@don2deliver]

Those 2 often go hand in hand.

[@The_Hi_Life]

WOMAN??? 🤔No…

[@papasmurf555]

REALLY??? *I don't care..* 🤔

[@thomasdelvin3683]

Why isit important to connect Joel with the shooti ngs?its not an issue unless you ate trying to blame Christianity for the insanity of a weak man who was scared of his own body ,no female did the shooting,it was a frightened male who couldn't handle his image

[@memoryroom6388]

They wear tiny hats and this is what they do.

[@RobinDale50]

Not for long. This will be gone from the news by Thursday.

[@robertdanos805]

Lies 100%

[@Read.A.Journal.Article]

Genesse Moreno aka Jeffrey Moreno aka Jeffrey Escalante

[@tepilahruach802]

What?!?🤯 First I'm hearing that's a man. All I've heard was that is is her biological son. That's a man?!?😮

[@ltbrutusq6202]

Better check the DNA of that 5yr old boy that was shot with the woman to see whose kid it is and maybe the love child of someone important in that church.

[@TheAnabevilaqua]

I thought the same thing. The smile on Joel Osteen’s face is disturbing.

[@Read.A.Journal.Article]

also, who calls this a woman? in 2000 years when you are buried, archeologists will look at this body and know its a man. lol. how does it feel being not on the side of science?

[@kenandbarbie-b6c]

How about her using the child as a human shield? There is a lengthy video of “her” wearing a hijab.

[@waywardson9548]

She??? More like HE! Pretty sure HE was just using HIS child as a human shield.

[@SomeBuddy777]

The shooter has not been identified. The shooter was able to say they had explosives. The shooter's backpack was searched. The shooter's vehicle was searched. The shooter's home was searched. The shooter is being referred to as the gunwoman. The gunwoman shooter has not been identified. 🤔

[@patrickwaggoner6280]

Jeffrey Escalante

[@nunyabizz5200]

The shooter has been identified as Genessa Moreno, a transgender that goes by “Jeffrey” born in El Salvador

[@jayeankh5671]

Logic has left the building

[@JeffHenry-cq3is]

Your wrong

[@goodmorningsundaymorning4533]

It doesn't fit their narrative. It was an el Salvador tr an s woman

[@jenniferbond5771]

Woman?

[@goodmorningsundaymorning4533]

Trans. From el savador

[@motivationreality]

I hope the 5-year-old gets a speedy recovery 🙏

[@Jettnround]

May God restore the child. May his youth expedite the process!

[@billcrowley3rd]

Six t rans shooters in the last year

[@white_genocide2050]

You think real women can't shoot guns?!?! 😂

[@southernbuck101georgia2]

Kinda adds a whole new meaning to "transphobic". Damn right I'm transphobic.

[@billcrowley3rd]

@@southernbuck101georgia2 me too. I thought democrats didn't want the mentality ill to have guns

[@alejandrogaricia2252]

Go figure

[@cysmith2391]

Why so few details?

[@darlingdeb7010]

Lol because it goes 100% everything the media preaches about today. It was a trans here illegally wearing a free Palestine shirt.

[@bannedtwice7767]

Its one of your people CBS...

[@_rob_.]

Transgender, born in El Salvador, yelling "free palestine". Thank you woke news. (not)

[@msflygurl3760]

Why did I think the actual news report was bout to be in Spanish

[@billjenkins687]

You CONVENIENTLY forgot to mention that the shooter was TRANS and had "palestine" carved into the stock of her/his rifle. Everything woke turns to....

[@darlingdeb7010]

And here illegally

[@papasmurf555]

Who cares, who cares, AND who cares

[@darlingdeb7010]

@@papasmurf555 because it would never have happened in the first place if the government was enforcing the laws we currently have in place. Everyone should care.

[@papasmurf555]

@@darlingdeb7010 I don't care if it was a trans person.

[@darlingdeb7010]

@@papasmurf555 you don't care about Gender Disphoria? The anger issues developed around that can be dangerous, such as this case and the case in Tennessee.

[@SayMyNameAgain]

STOP CALLING THIS MAN A WOMAN!!!

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

She didn't shoot, HE shot.

[@sjs928]

Hmmmmm… another person with “ issues “ … ?

[@darlingdeb7010]

Well, he was trans and here illegally and wearing a free Palestine shirt so definitely lol. A lot of problems.

[@realifemares5068]

Is a whole day later the child is alive but you don't know who shot the child smh pathetic

[@goodmorningsundaymorning4533]

They know. But it doesn't fit their narrative.

[@don2deliver]

The child could have caught a bounced bullet or a direct hit. That sick individual put that child in harms way.

[@mhsiehmd]

I'm sure Joel will see an uptick in $ coming in. That's why he has that grin on his face.

[@ivanasimic2072]

lock him up, charlatan

[@SomethingVISCID]

For what? Grifting wouldn't be a thing without gullible, uneducated people to exploit

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

Pretty bad when you have to have a braced shorty AR on a 2 point sling, a plate carrier, and a Glock 19 on on your person to walk out the door.

[@GIJRock]

Thoughts and prayers

[@TheAnabevilaqua]

They don’t work if someone with a rifle enters a church. God didn’t intervene at all.

[@martinhorner642]

I am increasingly of the opinion that the 5 yo boy was shot by the "good guys with guns". They seem to be withholding that information too tightly for it to have been her. Another story highlighted a HPD offical saying that he blamed her (the shooter) for "endangering" the boy. I don't think that's code for "she shot him".

[@darlingdeb7010]

It was a trans, here illegally and wearing a free Palestine shirt. The kid wouldn't have been there if he didn't bring them.

[@angel-ij4xv]

she was coming to rob the church

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

Yeah, that's what happens when you use a child as a shield.

[@waywardson9548]

Who would have thought a person with "free Palestine" written on his gun, would use his child as a human shield. 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@johnchenthebest4495]

@@waywardson9548 nope, this wasn’t true

[@SomethingVISCID]

If Joel didn't have a messiah-complex before.... 😒

[@EnronnSierra]

He could have at least said my son is in stable condition.

[@user-jz6sk8wj5u]

😂

[@veronicaleon8075]

This trans person found with a gun that had a logo, ‘Free Palestine’. What an evil person for being an innocent child for his ‘cause’.

[@alejandrogaricia2252]

That man was from El Salvador close the borders

[@angryeric2961]

It was a Trans shooter

[@ThPntratr]

She had FREE Palestinian she was also Salvadoran and identified as a man named Jeffrey, say the whole truth!!

[@xxpervysagexx]

A “woman” opened fire…

[@blitznliz1865]

Who did the shooter shoot? Did she shoot the 57 year old man and the child or did the police shoot them?

[@darlingdeb7010]

Don't know that, but we know it was a trans here illegally wearing a free Palestine shirt.

[@Berley_1234]

ah so they're done with traumatizing the schools, now it moves back to churches

[@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy]

Interesting how that pastor r is always surrounded by drama.

[@ddoubleu170]

No, he’s not though. Not like this.

[@Smiley-fv8zi]

So bizarre...

[@betty3804]

Bummer

[@gavinlifto8032]

somebody found out where the money was goin

[@person6768]

Was it his child?

[@evangelistb2797]

She probably came right across the border

[@alexalegado8743]

Demonic possession..😢😮😔

[@goodmorningsundaymorning4533]

But we do know the identity of the shooter. I guess it doesnt fit your narrative tho. El salvador trans woman

[@arkerstater8856]

Trans women

[@user-ss3ud7pp7f]

The morally ethically bankrupt is probably more worried about donations slowing down, jumped in front of that camera fast loves that camera

[@kevweegbegbedia2056]

Praise GOD

[@madeinfinite]

“It could have been a lot worse” “My stock went up instead of down” 😅

[@grandizer4531]

Manifesto??

[@YouTubeSlappedMyPeePee]

+ra|\|$f£$+0 you mean? 😂

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

Tranifesto

[@Jameswormsley03]

🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@ericyoung1243]

Did you say she was Hispanic ?

[@caremotor86]

Ever since the feminist movement u have to be extremely careful with ladies they will rock u in a New York minute

[@memoryroom6388]

Was no lady. Was a dude, dude.

[@darlingdeb7010]

A trans here illegally wearing a free Palestine shirt

[@memoryroom6388]

@@darlingdeb7010 looks mossad

[@nightwolf654]

SHE PROBABLY THOUGHT ABOTT WAS UP FROM HIS WHEEL CHAIR. 😂😂😂

[@Tyfu39944]

*he

[@sma3037]

Beware of false prophet$…who profit

[@user-bf2ig5od2t]

Crystal Meth. Hey did of it.

[@vernon7896]

Hoax on!

[@mariasar9098]

Satanas in the word

[@pev789]

Lakewood *Business*

[@goodmorningsundaymorning4533]

Motivational speaker. So much for his new age The law of attraction and positivity.

[@mariasar9098]

Creazy pepols have guns way

[@bb-fe9ur]

Another trans man

[@dead_weight_habits2321]

Con man Joel.