Victory Church Shooting Update: Two Dead Now Identified

As we have previously reported, gunfire erupted in a church parking lot as a funeral wrapped up Thursday in an Atlanta suburb, leaving two people dead and another two wounded.

Police have not made any arrests in the shooting at Victory for the World Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, said DeKalb County police spokeswoman Mekka Parish.

The update in the church funeral shooting is the county medical examiners have publicly identified the two people who were shot and killed in the church parking lot.

Find out who were the ones shot and more details in the shooting below:

Victory Church Shooting Update: Medical Examiner Identifies Two Dead in Front of Church | AT2W

GA Gay Affirming Church Shooting: Police Have 3 Suspects in Custody

Pastor Kenneth Samuels is the pastor of one of most popular gay affirming churches in (Stone Mountain) Atlanta, Victory for the World Church.  As the story is developing, there has been two people shot dead and two more injured outside of Victory for the World Church.

The police authorities have stated three suspects are in custody at this time.
As reported earlier, the shootings occurred at Victory For The World Church on North Hairston Road near Stone Mountain, where a 1 p.m. funeral for Ryan Devon Guider of Decatur was taking place, according to DeKalb County police.

"We were ready to go to the burial, and I heard pow pow pow pow," mourner Regina Sharp told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "I thank God I made it out alive."

No immediate word on what started the shootings, or whether any others were injured.
The chaotic church scene on North Hairston Road in front of the church was blocked both ways Thursday after the shooting.

Read more below about the shooter of the deceased's funeral:


Gay Affirming Church Shooting In Stone Mountain: Police Have 3 Suspects in Custody | AT2W