Armed Citizen Holds Church Burglary Suspect at Gunpoint
Written by
AWR Hawkins Published: 05 April 2016
Armed Citizen Holds Church Burglary Suspect at Gunpoint
On April 4 Tampa, Florida’s WFLA published video of a church maintenance worker holding a suspected church burglar at gunpoint until police arrived.
According to WFLA, maintenance worker Ed Clayton said he “decided to bring his concealed weapon because the doors to the church had been breached earlier in the evening.” When he arrived at the church to fix the doors, the man who was allegedly trying to get into the building took off running. Clayton cornered him and held him at gunpoint until police arrived on scene.
WFLA reporter Lindsey Mastis and photographer Malik Parler were driving by the church and saw Clayton with his gun drawn.