now we do not know why he was terminated. did the background check bring up the fact that he was convicted of domestic abuse while he was in the military, received a bad conduct discharge. some of the questions we need answers to. now as horrific as this killing was, the fact is it could have been worse. that in itself is a terrible thought, that 26 people could have been more. one of the reasons it was not more was the heroism of one of the individuals standing with me, johnnie langendoff, he chased the killer down in his truck to the county nearby. johnnie joins me right now with his girlfriend, summer goodell. thank you for being with us. johnnie, you know the church is behind us. i understand you were driving by in your truck on the street just one street past tell me what happened? i pulled up to the intersection. i just left the bp station and pulled up to the intersection. as i normally do, going back to her house. right whenever i pulled up i saw
the shooter coming out about where the cars were parked and the other gentleman coming from across the street. both had weapons drawn and a matter of half a second, there was exchange of gunfire. it lasted just a few seconds. and the shooter got in his vehicle and took off. and the gentleman with the rifle came across the street opened my door and said he shot up the church and we got to chase him and i said let s go. then we didn t even stop at this intersection. we buzzed right on through and they got pretty fast doing about 95, going down 539, to keep up with him and letting dispatch know where he was going because i didn t think i didn t know if anyone had a clue or not which direction he had gone. i know that all the police were coming to the church to help, but, you know, i wanted to pursue him to make sure he got caught. how long was this chase? it was about 10 or 12 minutes
weapons on him when he went into this church yesterday. he had a handgun as well as that ar-556 assault rifle. the sheriff saying he s not sure at this timesed that handgun inside the church. also from the sheriff this morning, he says the gunman suffered wounds from a civilian and then he shot himself, but it s not clear if the wounds that he died from were actually inflicted by the civilian or if they were self-inflicted wounds. that s new information this morning. also what you just mentioned john, very interesting new information about the shooter s in-laws. sheriff joe tackitt saying the in-laws did attend this church on occasion but were not there at the time. they arrived afterward. i was also told by the sheriff moments ago that investigators have gone to the shooter s parents house they live roughly 30 to 45 minutes away from here, from the texas rangers have gone to the shooter s parents house to talk to them and to try to get some more information on this. we ve been repor