{"id":2239942,"date":"2024-05-08T10:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T14:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-attempted-to-shoot-pastor-mid-sermon-charged-with-killing-cousin\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T10:27:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T14:27:57","slug":"man-who-attempted-to-shoot-pastor-mid-sermon-charged-with-killing-cousin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-who-attempted-to-shoot-pastor-mid-sermon-charged-with-killing-cousin\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with killing cousin after attempting to shoot pastor during sermon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-who-attempted-to-shoot-pastor-mid-sermon-charged-with-killing-cousin%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2239942&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The incident involves a man in Pennsylvania\u200b caught \u200bon\u200c livestream attempting\u2062 to \u200cshoot a \u200dpastor, later charged with killing his cousin.\u200d Authorities link\u2064 the\u200b cousin&#8217;s death\u2064 to\u200c hours before the church incident.\u2063 The suspect,\u200b Bernard Polite, faces homicide\u2062 charges. The discovery was made after relatives checked on \u200bthe cousin, Derek Polite,\u200b following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-video-shows-two-children-collecting-tips-on-stage-at-drag-nightclub\/\" title=\"Shocking Video Shows Two Children Collecting Tips On Stage At Drag Nightclub\">disturbing video<\/a>. Evidence suggests\u200c the suspect&#8217;s presence near the cousin&#8217;s\u2063 residence on \u2064the morning of the incident.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The man who was caught on livestream allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-man-tries-to-shoot-pastor-during-sermon-gets-tackled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attempting to gun down<\/a> a pastor in Pennsylvania on Sunday was charged with the fatal shooting of his cousin, which authorities believe took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-four-us-marines-killed-three-wounded-in-kabul-bombing-attacks\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Four US Marines Killed, Three Wounded In Kabul Bombing Attacks\">place hours<\/a> before he pointed his firearm at the pastor of Jesus Dwelling Place Church.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities charged 26-year-old Bernard Polite with homicide on Tuesday after the body of 56-year-old Derek Polite, Bernard\u2019s cousin, was found in his home on Sunday night, The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/08\/us-news\/gunman-who-tried-to-shoot-pastor-charged-with-killing-cousin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Police said that Derek Polite\u2019s relatives went to his home to check on him after they saw the video of Bernard Polite allegedly attempting to shoot Pastor Glenn Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough witness interviews, detectives learned Bernard Polite was seen pacing outside the residence the morning of May 5, and later a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-people-dead-in-murder-suicide-in-tennessee-report\/\" title=\"Report: Tragic murder-suicide in Tennessee claims six lives.\">neighbor reported hearing<\/a> a noise which could have been a gunshot at approximately 10:00 am,\u201d Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>A bullet found inside Derek Polite\u2019s home matched the firearm taken from his cousin after police apprehended him at the church, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>There were around 25 people in the church when Bernard Polite calmly walked toward Germany and pointed his handgun at him. Germany said Polite\u2019s gun \u201cclicked\u201d as the pastor dove behind the pulpit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe pulled the gun; it clicked,\u201d Germany said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/man-arrested-after-trying-shoot-pastor-during-sermon-north-braddock\/BYQCZCCJI5EGVI2ZIKMVIMMY6E\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPXI<\/a>. \u201cYou heard him shoot it. God jammed the gun so the bullet didn\u2019t come out.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Man tries to shoot pastor but gun miraculously jams, God is so great. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZTrgnvjBjU\">pic.twitter.com\/ZTrgnvjBjU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Keimos (@keimos_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/keimos_\/status\/1787711734871961884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After Polite\u2019s gun seemingly failed to fire, Deacon Clarence McCallister was seen on video tackling Polite to the ground before Germany got back up and helped McCallister keep the gunman pinned while wrestling his gun away from him. Germany said that Polite told him, \u201cThe spirits were in my mind. They got in my mind and told me to shoot the pastor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe actually apologized to me,\u201d Germany added. \u201cI told him that \u2018I forgive you and want you to know I love you,\u2019 but yes, I definitely forgave him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1715184052205000&#038;usg=AOvVaw30mpznqHO0I3crFOdodkQW\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Polite has also been charged with aggravated assault and attempted homicide for his actions at the church, the Post reported. He is being held in the Allegheny County Jail.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man livestreamed attempting to shoot a pastor in Pennsylvania, then charged with fatally shooting his cousin, believed to have occurred before the church incident. Bernard Polite, 26, faces homicide charges by authorities for the cousin&#8217;s death preceding the attempted pastor shooting at Jesus Dwelling Place Church<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2239943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-05-at-7.40.15-PM-copy-e1715172781215.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2239942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-05-at-7.40.15-PM-copy-e1715172781215.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2239942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2239943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2239942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2239942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2239942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}