{"id":2452531,"date":"2025-06-26T15:58:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/church-security-guard-called-it-muscle-memory-after-halting-gunmans-advance-with-fatal-fire\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T16:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T20:01:03","slug":"church-security-guard-called-it-muscle-memory-after-halting-gunmans-advance-with-fatal-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/church-security-guard-called-it-muscle-memory-after-halting-gunmans-advance-with-fatal-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Security Guard Called It \u2018Muscle Memory\u2019 After Halting Gunman&#8217;s Advance with Fatal Fire"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fchurch-security-guard-called-it-muscle-memory-after-halting-gunmans-advance-with-fatal-fire%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=2452531&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>On a recent Sunday in Wayne, Michigan, an armed civilian, jay Trombley, played a heroic role in preventing what could have been a devastating mass shooting at the CrossPointe Community Church.Brian Anthony Browning, heavily armed and intent on causing harm during a children&#8217;s Vacation Bible School event, was confronted by Trombley and other members of the church&#8217;s safety team. Trombley engaged Browning and delivered fatal wounds, effectively neutralizing the threat.<\/p>\n<p>In a subsequent interview, Trombley emphasized the importance of being one&#8217;s own first responder in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-training-including-suicide-prevention-canceled-for-border-patrol-agents-amid-immigrant-surge\/\" title=\"Border Patrol agents... training, including suicide prevention, canceled due to immigrant surge.\">potentially dangerous situations<\/a>. He expressed gratitude, attributing the incident to a higher power, stating, &#8220;Evil came to our door, but God&#8217;s hand for protection was right over us.&#8221; His remarks highlighted a series of fortunate events that transpired, suggesting divine intervention, including a parishioner who intervened just in time with a pickup truck to slow Browning down.<\/p>\n<p>The attack resulted in one injury; Ron Amann, a church member, was shot in the calf but survived. Interestingly, Amann and two others had undergone safety training just days before the incident, showcasing their preparedness to protect their community.<\/p>\n<p>the incident represents a striking example of community vigilance and the often-overlooked role that ordinary citizens can play in ensuring safety during crises.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >armed civilian helped prevent<\/a> what undoubtedly would have turned into one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-did-nothing-beto-orourke-tears-into-gov-abbott-moments-after-derailing-his-press-conference\/\" title=\"\u2018He Did Nothing\u2019: Beto O\u2019Rourke Tears Into Gov. Abbott Moments After Derailing His Press Conference\">worst mass shootings<\/a> in American history.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday in Wayne, Michigan, 31-year-old Brian Anthony Browning approached the CrossPointe Community Church heavily armed and apparently determined to inflict mass casualties inside the church &mdash; filled at that time with children gathered for a special Vacation Bible School service &mdash; only to encounter a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gunman-fires-church-gets-nailed-church-member-truck-finished-off-armed-parishioners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heroic church safety team<\/a>, including Jay Trombley, who engaged Browning, inflicting fatal wounds that neutralized the threat.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in a Tuesday interview with WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Trombley delivered a hard truth for people who frequent soft targets.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You are your own first responder,&rdquo; Trombley said in a clip posted to the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in that same clip, the hero praised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-delivers-spectacular-blow-woke-public-school-teachers-slowly-bringing-god-back-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God<\/a> for saving many lives.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Evil came to our door,&rdquo; Trombley said. &ldquo;But God&rsquo;s hand for protection was right over us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So many things happened that can only be God-driven,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;The parishioner shows up late to engage him with his pickup truck to slow him down. A double-pane window stopped five rounds that I&rsquo;m fairly certain where I was standing, to look at the wall behind me, to see the impacts, to see where rounds from his rifle traveled and impacted, I&rsquo;m, I&rsquo;m &mdash; God&rsquo;s hand was protecting me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jay Trombley is an armed civilian<\/p>\n<p>Jay pulled out his gun and was able to stop a man who came to gun down a church full of families Sunday in MI <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6zgW6Mgei4\">pic.twitter.com\/6zgW6Mgei4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1937579833652809875?\">June 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in another clip from the same interview &mdash; also posted to X &mdash; Trombley described at length how the incident unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>The hero was inside the church when he thought he heard something &ldquo;mechanical&rdquo; outside. But a young woman, fleeing the threat, said, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gun-grabbers-lose-big-judge-rules-ar-15-not-assault-firearm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AR-15<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trombley then went to the lobby doors and &ldquo;started evaluating the situation, trying to make sense of a person on the ground, a pickup truck there, looked like it had some damage, had heard several bursts of [what] sounded like automatic rifle fire.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, by the time Trombley reached the scene, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gunman-fires-on-church-gets-nailed-by-church-member-in-truck-then-finished-off-by-armed-parishioners\/\" title=\"Gunman Fires on Church, Gets Nailed by ... in Truck, Then Finished Off by Armed Parishioners\">heroic pickup truck driver<\/a> had already knocked Browning to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the danger remained.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He fired some more into our building,&rdquo; Trombley said moments later. &ldquo;By the grace of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-god-plan-gen-z-path-revival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God<\/a> he missed me. He hit another person in the calf. And after that I engaged him and took care of the threat to the church.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This man is a real live hero!!<\/p>\n<p>God puts people where they&rsquo;re supposed to be sometimes!<\/p>\n<p>Jay Trombley was in the exact spot he was supposed to be! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/56LuR5luH5\">pic.twitter.com\/56LuR5luH5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Papageorgio (@gecffmn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gecffmn\/status\/1937632480162414599?\">June 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/news\/church-member-who-was-shot-confronting-gunman-in-wayne-s-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WXYZ-TV<\/a>, the man shot in the calf was Ron Amann, who has attended the church since the 1960s. One of the bullets shattered Amann&rsquo;s tibia.<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, Amann and two other safety team members had attended training only three days before the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When we formed this team, I just knew it was my calling to protect my family and this church family,&rdquo; Amann said of the decision he and several other church members made to form the safety team roughly ten years ago.<\/p>\n<p>In short, when danger appears, ordinary citizens like Trombley and Amann must act as their own first responders.<\/p>\n<p>And act they did. In fact, one could scarcely imagine a more compelling example of heroism &mdash; and of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/god-working-days-trump-took-office-rfk-jrs-running-mate-came-know-jesus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God&rsquo;s<\/a> divine providence &mdash; than what unfolded Sunday at CrossPointe Community Church.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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On Sunday in Wayne, Michigan, 31-year-old Brian Anthony Browning arrived at CrossPointe Community Church heavily armed and seemingly intent on causing significant harm during a special Vacation Bible School service attended by children. However, he was confronted by a brave church safety team member, Jay Trombley, who engaged Browning and inflicted fatal injuries that neutralized the threat. In an interview with WXYZ-TV in Detroit on Tuesday, Trombley shared an important message for those frequenting vulnerable locations: &#8220;You are your own first responder.&#8221; He also expressed gratitude to God for saving many lives during the incident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2452532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jay-Trombley.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50298,38565,34991],"class_list":["post-2452531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-church-security","tag-community-safety","tag-gun-violence"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jay-Trombley.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452531","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452531"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452535,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452531\/revisions\/2452535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}