NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Latest on the church shooting in Tennessee (all times local):
2:30 p.m.
A minister says he thought he was dying after a gunman shot him in his Tennessee church.
This undated photo provided by Metro Nashville Police Department shows Emanuel Kidega Samson. A gunman entered a church in Tennessee on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, and opened deadly fire an official said. Authorities identified the attacker as Samson, 25, of Murfreesboro, who came to the United States from Sudan in 1996 and was a legal U.S. resident. (Metro Nashville Police Department via AP)
In a news conference at the hospital where is being treated, Burnette Chapel Church of Christ Minister David “Joey” Spann said Tuesday that the masked gunman shot him in the chest and hand in Nashville. Another bullet whizzed past his ear.
The Sunday shooting rampage killed 38-year-old Melanie Smith Crow of Smyrna, Tennessee, outside the church and injured six others.
Spann lost a finger, but says he’s thankful he’s alive.
His wife, Peggy, was also shot and is in the same hospital. Spann said he saw her early Tuesday and she’s doing OK.
Police have charged 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson with murder and have said more charges will likely follow.
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8:30 a.m.
A funeral is set for a woman who was shot at a Tennessee church.
According to West Harpeth Funeral Home and Crematory, services for 38-year-old Melanie Smith Crow of Smyrna, Tennessee, will be held Thursday at the funeral home in Nashville. Her visitation is scheduled for Wednesday.
Police said she was killed Sunday in the parking lot at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ. Six others were wounded inside the church in a Nashville neighborhood.
Police have charged 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson of Murfreesboro in her death and he’s expected to face several more charges.
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An earlier version of this report had an incorrect spelling of Smyrna, Tennessee.
Ieshea White cries tears of joy after being reunited with her uncle Roger Bracey, center, who was at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ when shots were fired Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, in Antioch, Tenn. They were reunited at another nearby church. (Shelley Mays/The Tennessean via AP)
Leshea White and Kimberly Stallworth hug their uncle Roger Bracey, who was at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ when shots were fired, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, in Antioch, Tenn. They were reunited at another nearby church. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)
This undated photo provided by Metro Nashville Police Department shows Emanuel Kidega Samson. A gunman entered a church in Tennessee on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, and opened deadly fire an official said. Authorities identified the attacker as Samson, 25, of Murfreesboro, who came to the United States from Sudan in 1996 and was a legal U.S. resident. (Metro Nashville Police Department via AP)
Police investigate the scene outside the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ after a deadly shooting at the church on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, in Antioch, Tenn. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)
Kaitlyn Adams, a member of the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ, hugs another church member at the scene after shots were fired at the church on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, in Antioch, Tenn. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)
Kaitlyn Adams, a member of the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ, hugs another church member at the scene after a deadly shooting at the church on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, in Antioch, Tenn. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)
Police investigate the scene outside the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ after a deadly shooting at the church on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, in Antioch, Tenn. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)
Police tape lines the scene at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ after a deadly shooting at the church on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, in Antioch, Tenn. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)
Police tape lines the scene at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ after a deadly shooting at the church on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, in Antioch, Tenn. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)
Kaitlyn Adams, a member of the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ, hugs another church member at the scene after shots were fired at the church on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, in Antioch, Tenn. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)
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