Houston police identify megachurch shooter
Houston police have identified the megachurch shooter as 36-year-old Genesse Ivonne Moreno. Her 7-year-old son is in critical condition after being shot in the head, Houston police said Monday.
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This is the sort of thing that happens when our society treats mentally ill or even insane individuals like they aren't mentally ill or insane.
Yep. We’re told to talk to the voices in their heads. Smh
I think that's the most singularly ignorant statement I've ever read.
Well..., that says a whole lot about you, doesn't it?@@laura121684
I just wish they would stop calling this place a church.
Its a stadium where they teach prosperity gospel nonsense. It's not biblical, but whatever. People like it because it makes them feel good.
Need to stop calling that man a women, also that prosperity crap I not God's word he never even reads from a Bible
Oh, I see - maybe it's a shopping mall, grocery store or car wash?!? WTF kind of stupid comment is that re "stop calling this place a church." ?!? 🫡 While it might not meet your criteria for a "church" - I'm sure those who regularly attend would beg to differ!
@@ShellyBomb I don't think they teach real biblical Christianity. They teach things to get people feeling good and give them money. At the end of the day everyone has their own interpretation of Christianity anyway so it becomes subjective. That entire religion is divided into different sub-faith denominations.
@@MoveitorLoseit2only liberal socialists seeking salvation find it on tv.
The whole country should be in therapy 😮
Only the half of us that thought Paxton's suit to SCotUS to remove restrictions of mentally ill from owning weapons was a good idea.
@@Trump2PrisonGiven the facts on these trans mass shooters, I’d figure you’d call for the end of this insanity with genders.
Just the DNC that thinks men can be women and thinks that terror justified in the name of Palestine Where is Biden on this shooting?
The left does.
Those thinking men can be women or that diversity a strength
Mental illness runs amuck!!! God help that precious child.
Yeah like everyone can have as many guns as they want. Insane
No mental Healthcare available anymore
@Brotha00 it isn't guns...it's people
@@Brotha00 Guns have been around forever this is a new problem what is the new thing that has entered the chat?
@@Brotha00 sound pretty soft to me lol
They made sure they included the Anti Semitic part interesting
Very
Quit calling him her. He is not now, nor has he ever been a woman. And the weapon was not legally purchased, he had to lie on the background check.
Megabucks, and conman O'Steen lives another day.
Darn
Is this trans joy, or toxic masculinity? abc didn't specify.
Why are they ignoring that this is a man, not a woman.. this is a trans that went crazy
If they look like a woman and have had the change, you need to call them a women. If they escape than you don’t want witnesses looking for a man if the criminal doesn’t look like a man anymore
She was a biological woman, born female. However, she used both male and female aliases throughout her life of crime.
@@edennis8578He was born Jeffrey.
I'm surprised with all the security at Lakeland church, they don't have metal detectors.
They need change for the basket
Lakeland. Florida??
What that would do? Thanks to the people that were armed inside it didn't went worse.
i haven't seen a church with metal detectors
She entered with an AR-15, which was purchased in December 2023 with a history of violence and schizophrenia.
They forgot to mention, Trans Sexual Shooter 🤔 or the " Free Palestine " on the rifle 🤨
@@ritadyer9295yeah it was a guy. El Salvador transsexual
They did mention the Palestine sticker. It just said Palestine, not "free". You bought into propaganda
Why does gender identity matter? People are shitty regardless of gender lol
They are mad at themselves and the world
@@ritadyer9295people made that up on Twitter because the woman (shooter) used aliases to commit fraud and one name she used was Jeffery so Libs Of TikTok pushed the lie and now they are running with it
What does antisemitism have to do with anything in this case? This was a church, not a synagogue. What was the motive here?
The shooter wrote free Palestine on the rifle
A church is basically a synagogue.
Well evangelicals are more zionist than all the American Jewish people combined. Maybe that's why idrk
Sympathy for the Jew
Mental health issues 😢
So she is an MSNBC viewer so they won’t speculate, but if she were a Fox News viewer then the double would be to time to speculate why.
So sad --- either overcome by mental illness, or simply misdirected anger?!? 🤔
@@ritadyer9295the liberal socialist throwing muslims under the bus. Election time is near, and your kind will need all the lies they can get.
@@ritadyer9295 Oh, I see ... Well, fighting with weapons for a cause outside the country you reside in - rarely ends well! Hoping that poor little boy recovers from such a grave head injury! Troubling story ... 😢
@@ritadyer9295IT was born a man from elsalvadore
por que no los dos?
@@ritadyer9295 nope just an illigal Trans terrorist possibly illegal and getting hand outs by demacrats using a child as a shield
It is so heartbreaking to see things like this happen.
Obviously you sue the church now for the poor security.
The security was superb. They took the shooter out within minutes and the biological male shooter didn’t shoot anyone successfully. This shooter used to go by the name of ‘Jeff.’
It's not for security it's it's poor border checks and litan these people in claiming Asylum or in the name of climate change the Democrats
@@heartstrings110 this one's a bio female. look at older mugshots.
Why would you sue the church they did an excellent job protecting people get a job and stop trying to live off society suing
Democrats always want to sue churches
They got it wrong. It was a Hispanic Man.
HIS not HER
So,did Jeffrey give birth to this child??
Dude.. no reputable source has reported that she is trans lmao. Even the daily mail reports her as the biological mother. But go ahead, eat up that misinformation, I'm sure it's delish
No. It was Jeffery's ex-husband's kid.
@@fcadcockhow sad!
Yes SHE gave birth to the child. SHE was his biological mother.
So was Jeffrey a male trans female, or female trans male? I see conflicting answers as to who was the biological mother. God help the dad- if it wasn't Jeffery?
Multiculturalism and diversity in action.
That’s right. God was in control before, DURING and after what happened. Hallelujah!
No one attending church was injured, right???? 🤔
Dead 7 year old kid dude. Chill a little
@@soviet9366 Why don’t you tell the NRA and the GOP to chill a little? I think I’m just fine as I am.
His name was originally Jeffery until later when he wanted to be a female.
No, she was born female and never had a sex change. However, she used both male and female aliases throughout her life of crime. I would guess that she was a con artist, among other things.
@@edennis8578 thank you for updating the facts. What a confusing world we live in today!😥
That is sad
It is so so good that smart people have redefined Trans as NOT a mental heath condition! I wonder what his/her mental health condition actually was. Hmmmm.
It actually is. Not sure why that is so taboo. Is schizophrenia a mental health condition? What’s the difference?
Gender dysphoria is according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5).
Did I miss something --- was this "woman" (the shooter) TRANS?!? 🧐
I think his ex mugshots Explains It All plus he was a career criminal from a third world dump he probably came here to use our federal tax dollar for his mental illness seeing all that turned out in the long run
Yall weird fucks always have trans on the mind,really speaks volumes to what you're really interested in,its okay just accept the thoughts theyre not intrusive I promise 😉
"Our community is devastated", not "I am devastated" because he truly doesn't care one bit.
Not a her. A him.
Lies
@@jakub6786 Yes he’s a trans liar. Kinda like any dude telling you he’s a girl.
@@jakub6786 truth
It’s important to call them a her, cuz they look female and had a sex change. Witnesses need to have their eyes out for someone who looks like a women. This is common protocol for criminals
No, she was born female and never had a sex change. However, she used both male and female aliases. She already had a rap sheet.
HE is the father but where is the mother?
This is getting ridiculous
"They aren't sending their best" ~ God Emperor Trump
"Palestine" supporter brought kid to use as human shield, very on-brand.
We know you can’t read so
Google “Israel IDF human shields.” Have fun looking at the long list of times the Israeli forces have used kids as shields. Stop projecting, the truth is too easy to find.
Who shot her son? Seriously, It is not rocket science.
She/He didn’t give birth to that child.
@@user-vx7vi3vq1c oh, after a quick google search, I guess not. Media is reporting a transgender, male at birth person, used a 7 yr old as a human shield. And they are trying to walk back "free Palestine" on the gun. And never was a bomb. And they are making like neither officer knows who shot the child. Poor child is not expected to make it. Just horrific
Just another day in America
Liber socialist america, and Huston got ridden by them.
That's the kind of people crossing our border
@@JoshuaFatman except that this one was a liberal socialist born in a liberal socialist city in america.
@@pepelefrog1121 No he was born in Elsalvadore, take a look the info is out there he was born a south America male with liberal ideology, no offense just putting it our there.
We have been invaded
My condolences to the familes
You give prayers, not meaningless condolences.
@@michaelmikeykellymikeydama5405 prayers are just as meaningless
@@zaccomptonk590 duh they aren't going to have any meaning if YOU don't mean it because you cba
Who cares how or who shot the child. This is all on his mom for bringing him into a gun fight.
The mom that was born a man with extreme liberal ideology and may not have even been here legally as he was born in Elsalvadore
Osteen lives with his family in a 17,000 square-foot mansion in River Oaks, with an estimated value of $10.5 million. Osteen says that as senior pastor, he draws no salary from the church, which has an annual budget of $70 million, and that he instead relies on income from book sales.
All made from ripping his parishioners.
Who shot the child?
They don't know for sure yet. Or at least they are not saying.
@@scillyautomatic that means it was one of the cops.
@@sean4907all day
@@sean4907he was used as a shield! Poor kid!
Sounds like Texas cops are useless then. Maybe they should spend less time worrying about the border and more time training their cops to do their jobs
I’m not trolling, I’m asking… “Free Palestine” is antisemitism?
I hope they closely review her finances to see how much money she was giving to this “church.”
None, probably. She already had a rap sheet and used both male and female aliases throughout her life of crime. People like that seldom give their ill-gotten gains away.
The 5 year old was the son of the shooter?
Yes.
Clearly the child was shot by the police. She had a rifle.
How many T -identifying shooters does that make now?
Far fewer than cis ones, since you're implying it's relevant
@@khill8645 Not any more... it's the new trans trend. And yes it is relevant.
@@khill8645that is actually false. You apparently aren't dedicated to solving the problem. "Truly tragic".
@@khill8645 Cis smh.. Made up bs word...
@@khill8645"cis" mean normal.
Is the child ok??
No, he's in critical condition.
Sorry don’t care who shot her son. SHE brought the child, as a shield. SHE is responsible for his being shot. They couldn’t let her pass with the child or not.
From what reports i have read,her family is suing the police for the killing because she did not receive mental health help.
Proof that God doesn’t exist in that church.
Or at all
@@herehere3139 Oh I believe there’s a god, there’s definitely a higher power I just don’t know if he’s in a building or a book.
@@Gboogie22That's what I tell people christianity is a name not a relationship with God and he is definately not in a building especially one with false teaching in it
Um. Thought no one attending church was injured?
Sad
See i told yall she wasnt one of us black women we dont play with God or the house of God but some of my fellow sistas maybe will steal or rob a church goer but not what she did😢
Average "Free Palestine" supporter
Also brought a kid to use as human shield; very on-brand.
Mexicans? Um....
A pro Israel landlord attacked his tenants a mother and her 6 year old boy, stabbed him 26 times in revenge after October 7th attacks. That’s probably mental illness though right?
@@sean4907 google "israel human shield" and see how many results you get
Sadly … but they are easily brainwashed
Please STOP misgendering HIM. You are confusing the public.
It's not clear if Jeffrey was a male trans female or female trans male. Different reports say she was the biological mother, and he wasn't the biological mother. Challenging
If a criminal has undergone a sex change and looks the part, it’s important to use those new pronouns so that witnesses and police can find them easier. Let’s say she escapes and the police say it’s a man. No one’s gonna have their eyes out for her. If a stolen car was spray painted red, than you say it’s a red car, you don’t tell witnesses to keep their eyes out for a blue car.
She was born female and didn't transition. She used both male and female aliases throughout her life of crime. She posed as whoever she wanted to.
@@Dolliv5hell no that’s not how it works! It’s a man in a dress pretending to be a woman! And a car is a car rather it’s blue or red. Put that man identity up and someone would surely know of him!
@@Dolliv5She never had a sex change. However, she used both male and female aliases.
Was she here documented or undocumented??
She already had a rap sheet. I'm thinking probably born here since it was Texas, but I'm not sure yet.
Her?
Astroworld and now this? Houston been going through it. Travis scott needs to do something for his community.
Houston and Austin is gone.
What was the verdict with all the money hidden in the walls?
Carma came to Joel Osteen.
And i bet she wasnt a usa citizen she was one of border crossers
She already had a rap sheet and this was Texas, so she probably wasn't an illegal.
He!!! Not she!!!!
SHE got her son killed. SHE DID!
he did
Stalkers.
Strange times we're living in, you can feel that something is coming..if you believe in God stay prayed up and pray for others for the rapture could happen any day now...
Lmao you have schizophrenia like actually. Get help please
yes, they have been saying that ever since they created it a few thousand years ago.
How is it her son when she was born a man?
Keep crusting and balding quietly please
It was the X's child. Not jeffreys
She was born female and never had a sex change. She used both male and female aliases throughout her life of crime, and I suspect that's why people are confused.
I heard she went by Jeffery.
She used both male and female aliases. She already had a rap sheet.
Just another day in America sad to say
Whatever. Other countries have this, too. Europe has public mass shootings, too. Denmark had a massacre in a mall not long ago, and Germany had a school shooting last year. The US is a huge country; it's bigger than the entire European continent, yet Norway alone has a record of *21* TIMES more deaths by mass shootings per capita than the US. The US ranks 10th in fatalities by mass shootings. France, Switzerland, Finland, Slovakia, Belgium, and the Czech Republic all have had more fatalities by mass shootings per capita than the US. Look it up on Population Review. Also, this woman already had a long rap sheet, so there's no way that she got that gun legally.
Oh my god
🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
Was it his kid and ex lover?
How many of her or him With the Palestinian flag on their rifle but out there. Please everybody stay vigilant. God help us all.
"Her" name was Jeffrey.
She was biologically female, but used male and female aliases. Screams con artist to me. She already had a rap sheet, but I don't know what all she was up to.
Hate crime period
The 2nd Amendment needs to be repealed.
I hate when they say god is in control. If he is so mighty and in control, then why does he allow all this suffering to his "creation". It is sadistic to allow people to suffer and continue to suffer in any form for a supposedly creator. This was a sickening event and there needs to be more mental health and enforcement with stricter punishments for crimes to start real healing in this nation.
Read and find out.
Do you have any children
In The Shack, Octavia Spencer (God) said, "I make some beautiful things come out of tragedies, but I don't make the tragedies. Humans do that. God gave us free will. We don't all use it for good.
God is ultimately in control but we each have the freedom within our lives to choose how we live and how we effect others. God didn’t create robots, because that’s not love. You can’t force love, it is a choice and so we have the choice to love Him or not, do His will or not, be good or not.
The Bible thumping Jesus freaks will say "Satan did it" ..... because why not have 2 imaginary friends 🤣
Yeah, it's not the guns. 🤯🌊
Well no doubt the gun is at fault.
Wow
She????
They’re trans, and it’s important to use the new pronouns if they’ve had a sex change and look the part, so that people can spot and identify the criminal activity easier if they escap
@@Dolliv5Not trans. She never had a sex change. She used both male and female aliases.
@@edennis8578 you’ve told me 5 times already dude, chill
She? Lol
She
@@Dolliv5 Not
Born female and never had a sex change. However, she used both male and female aliases throughout her life of crime and I suspect that's why people are confused.
Seeing the comments some how turning this shooting into a political debate between Palestine & Isreal... So sad yall really have that much hate for one another...
We should not be forced to coexist.
You can always tell when shooter a PC group Posters attack the victim/Church Posters blame cops
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Joel is a pretender it's all about the money to him I wouldn't trust in a phone booth ,he showed how he Serves GOD when wouldn't open facilities to help victims.. Still sad this mentally ill female did this but don't put much faith in mega joe
Ignorant gone to seed
사이비 기독교를 처벌하려 한듯😢
The Mega Church is open to make money
The Cops shot another child. Very sad
Lmao the cope is crazy. Nevermind the kid the T brought along
Blame the parent, not the cops
This is a dumb comment. Would YOU bring your child to a mass shooting and stand them right next to you, knowing the cops will Have to take you down?
omar probably gave the order
NRA pin up girl.
An antisemite, anti Christian an NRA pinup? Nice try 😊
Can you please explain ?
@@davidrobertson5881 Phycological challenges? Sure, we'll fight for your right to buy a murder weapon, because, you know "God says we can." Really should not have to explain how demented that terrorist organization is, and how low they will go to be the marketing arm of the gun industry.
Why doesn't god protect american churches? The world seems to look exactly the way you would expect without any gods.
No 1 attending church was injured
@@LC-777 So god slew her and her child for fun? What are you trying to say? I was hoping god would reply to my comment, considering how real he is, not some random fan.
Megachurch or cult?
Surprise! Another LGBTQWierdo
Oy vey
I'm sure Joel is not worried at all about being shot and killed. He has preached the bible truthfully.
Yea right😂😂😂
@2cool4foolez well, maybe more like a motivational speaker.
@2cool4foolez I really wonder if Joel truly believes there is a demonic world behind things like this or people just need to be medicated and this would not have happened. Many times I hear Joel preach and it seems like he really does not believe
Like how you don't need to go to God with requests like a child to their father. According to Joel, you can do it yourself by repeating the I AM mantras in his book. A good supplement to it would be The Secret.
Like how you don't need to go to God with requests like a child to their father. According to Joel, you can do it yourself by repeating the I AM mantras in his book. A good supplement to it would be The Secret.
Trans"woman"*
Cis Woman
Not trans, gender fluid. Born female, never had a sex change, but she used both male and female aliases.
@@jakub6786 lol....ok, fruitcake.
@@edennis8578nobody’s got time to squeeze all that under the “gender” box of the police report. What did the person look like so we can identify them quickly? That’s what we’ll use.
Good. Tired of fake christians
Red Flag laws anyone? Annnnnyone? No, thought not, thoughts & prayers i guess
😂😂😂😂😂😂 They couldn’t find any sign of violence among the Palestinian protesters so they gonna put a the blame on the sticker 😂
I blame congress and other federal agencies for allowing and not doing anything to ban assault weapons. Just look at many of the people who have died in shootings last year and 2022.
Let's ban cars, sugar, alcohol, and heavy drugs too for all the auto Collision, diabetes, alcohol, and drug related deaths too!
Yeah let's take a look at that! how many transsexuals have shot up different establishments lately??
@@JesusGuzman792what an idiotic comparison. I am pretty sure sugar was not created with the sole purpose of killing, and that applies to the other things you mentioned. What a silly statement. Think first and when you are ready to speak, stop and think again.
Guns don't kill people! Nutballs kill people...
Guess I'm not allowed free speech
Biological mom.
SHE WAS LGBTQ COMMUNITY. Let's be clear.
Lot of misinformation 👎👎👎
The woman was transgender...
Naw, they took her MONEY or denied her help💯‼️❗police shot that baby to get rid of loose end😤🤬 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏾♀️ Hispanics stick together so they took her money/livelihood.....that $100M 💯‼️❗
You're nuts
They are trying to crush the Hispanic minority
@@XCBencommon theme among these individuals.
Greetings: What in the hell are you ranting about re (paraphrasing here) re "money, getting rid of loose ends & Hispanics stick together + $100 million dollars" --- is simply bizarre!!! 🤯
You are crazy like the shooter😂