orty-year-old
Rasheed Abdul Aziz was arrested Sunday for allegedly threatening the
Corinth Missionary Baptist Church in Bullard. Aziz had a gun, was
wearing a camouflage helmet, camo pants, tactical vest and boots when
entered the church around one o'clock.
According to Pastor John Johnson, Aziz appeared distressed and said that god had told him to "slay infidels."
"He said people are going to die today, that's what he said to me," says Johnson.
Johnson says Aziz entered the church through a side door, ended up in the conference room where Johnson and others were.
The
conversation with Aziz lasted about 5 minutes, and in those five
minutes, Aziz reportedly told Pastor Johnson he was representing Allah
and god had sanctioned him to kill and slay people. During that
conversation, Johnson says that he was able to see that Aziz had a gun.
"Immediately
my mind went to the fact that I knew we had several children and young
members that were playing and running in the fellowship hall, I mouthed
to them, this man has a weapon, I need you guys to go."
Johnson believed that the only key to getting out alive that day was to calm Aziz down.
"I believe that his intent was when he came to our church was to actually kill somebody," says Johnson.
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