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Church Shootout: Bullets for Brunch

**Sunday Service Showdown: Church's Gun-Toting Grandma Mistakes Hymnal for Holster!**

Published October 6, 2024 at 5:30pm by

Gun-Totin' Churchgoer in Burnet Puts Fear of God into Suspicious Pair

Burnet County Sheriff's Department got a wild wake-up call Sunday morning, as shots rang out at a local church, according to a release from authorities.

At around 10:33 a.m., deputies hightailed it to the Church at the Epicenter, located at 2401 N. U.S. 281, after an unknown fella dialed 911. Turns out, a member of the church's "volunteer safety team" – aka your friendly neighborhood marksman – decided it was time for a little target practice.

According to the statement, this church-goin' sharpshooter told deputies he confronted two shady-lookin' males lurkin' outside the church, one of 'em packin' a rifle. The duo hightailed it out of there in a white minivan, headin' northbound on U.S. 281, after our hero unloaded a few rounds their way.

Miraculously, no one got a scratch. God must've been watchin' over 'em all.

Now, the Burnet County Sheriff's Office is teamin' up with state and federal agencies to get to the bottom of this lil' Sunday showdown. Stay tuned, folks!