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USA Today is facing blowback over an op-ed they published from Arizona Republic blogger Elvia Diaz, who wrote that it was “terrifying” that members of the West Freeway Church of Christ in Texas were armed when a man stormed the church and opened fire on congregants. Diaz wrote in response to hero Jack Wilson’s heroic actions in taking down the shooter only a few seconds after the shooter opened fire, “Unfortunately, that kind of split-second heroism has been turned into a PR tool by gun advocates. ” Diaz continued by criticizing the other armed churchgoers who responded

On Sunday, a gunman began firing inside a church in a town near Fort Worth, Texas, killing two parishioners before an armed parishioner fired a fatal shot that ended the massacre. In a Facebook post on Monday, Jack Wilson – the head of security at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, TX – identified himself as the one who pulled the trigger, and recalled the actions he took to stop a deadly attack at his church on Sunday. Wilson, who is running for a position as a Hood County commissioner, described his actions on his campaign website.