Amarillo Texas police SHOOT the hero who had just disarmed gunman holding 100 people hostage in a church

A good guy with a gun: Shot by police

Posted By Max Brantley on Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 7:56 AM

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• WRONG MAN SHOT BY POLICE: At this Amarillo church.

A cautionary tale from Amarillo, Texas, about putting more guns in public places,including school classrooms, for safety.

A man with a gun was holding about 100 people hostage in a church. Police werecalled. Meanwhile, congregants wrestled the man to the ground and one of them grabbed his gun. The Houston Chronicle reports:
'I said 'hey, hey I got the gun,' Mr Garces told ABC7 Amarillo.

Texas police SHOOT a hero who had just disarmed gunman holding 100 people hostage in a churchJoshua Len Jones, 35, held some 100 people hostage in Amarillo, Texas

• Churchgoer Tony Garces managed to disarm Jones during a scuffle
• When police arrived at the scene, they shot Mr Garces as he held the gun

By SARA MALM FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 12:06 EST, 26 February 2018 | UPDATED: 13:55 EST, 26 February 2018

WEST SACRAMENTO CA (IFS) -- When the police appears at your doorstep, they only see the gun.  They don't give a damn who is holding it.  They always shoot first and answer questions later.  Hech, you just shot the hero that help disarm the person.  

You want teachers with guns in school?  This goes to show you that the police have no judgement when it comes to shots fired.  They just go in blazing away and they don't give a damn about the issues or what is going on.  

These cops are blind to "common sense" and they do not care about what the situation is -- and they use bullets to kill and hurt people who are trying to help the cops. 

These cops suck!  I am more afraid of the cops with guns, then the hostage taker with a gun. If this was a school teacher -- they would have died by the hands of the police without asking one question.  WHO'S THE GOOD GUYS??

Texas police shot a man after he disarmed a potential church shooter who had been holding more than 100 people hostage in at a congregation in Amarillo.

Joshua Len Jones, 35, barged into a church service at the Faith City Mission in Amarillo, on Valentine's Day and pulled out a gun.

Churchgoer Tony Garces managed to disarm Jones during a scuffle, but when police arrived, they shot Mr Garces instead.

The incident took place during a morning service at the Faith City Mission, a Christian organisation which helps people in need in the community.

Jones, who had received help from the Faith City Mission in the past, held about 100 congregants and church staff hostage.

While waiting for police, church staff and attendees managed to overpower Jones, and during the fight, Mr Garces got hold of the gum

'I said 'hey, hey I got the gun,' Mr Garces told ABC7 Amarillo.



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He described how officers ordered him to throw the gun to the floor, but that he hesitated as he was worried that the loaded gun would go off if he did so.  

'I didn't want anyone else getting hurt. Then pop, pop they shot me. 

'I went down, then a puddle of blood. I thought I was a goner.'

Mr Garces, who credits the Faith City Mission with helping him turn his life around after a four-year-stint in prison, was hit in the neck, but was rushed to hospital and survived. 

He is now calling for police  to receive more and improved training in use of deadly violence, telling ABC7 that the officer who shot him 'didn't know what he was doing'.

Jones was arrested at the scene, and has been charged with six first-degree felony aggravated kidnapping.