Wayne police: Church security guard shoots, kills suspected active shooter

Wayne police investigating deadly shooting at church

Michigan State Police respond to reports of active shooter at church in Wayne, Michigan, on June 22, 2025. (WDIV)

WAYNE, Mich. – A suspected active shooter was killed at a Wayne church, according to police.

The Wayne Police Department responded to reports of an active shooter at CrossPointe Community Church on Sunday, June 22, 2025, morning.

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Police said when officers got to the church they determined that a security guard for the church shot and killed the suspect. They said one person was also shot in the leg.

The church is located on Glenwood Road, between South Wayne and South Newburgh roads.

Wayne police are asking people to avoid the area as officers are still investigating the shooting.

FBI director Dan Bongino released the following statement, “Our leadership and support teams are on the ground, at the scene, in Wayne, Michigan providing assistance and investigative support.”

Video shows crowd react inside church

Video from inside the church shows the moment the crowd begins to react to the reports of a suspected active shooter.

The church had just wrapped up an event that was being live streamed to its YouTube page. The video shows the crowd clapping, some people begin to stand, and then shouting can be heard off screen.

CrossPointe’s lead pastor Bobby Kelly said the shooting happened around 11:15 a.m. He said the crowd wasn’t sure what the sound was at first -- thinking it may have been a skit or a jackhammer. It wasn’t until a security guard came in and told them to evacuate that they understood.

People in the church take cover behind chairs and then begin to run from the room. Someone tells them to go to the back and people begin fleeing from the room.

“Everybody to the back, please, everybody come to the back. Come to the back,” the person yells.

A loud bang is heard and then there’s more screaming. The sound begins to cut out as everybody exits the room where the event was being held.

‘The scariest thing I’ve ever been involved in’

Witness Wendy Bodin said she went out in the lobby to answer a phone call when she saw a man on the ground and heard a big boom.

She said she thought he got hit or crashed his car -- another woman told her to call 911. Bodin said she started to call 911 and then she heard a “pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop” sound and she “booked it to the bathroom” where she hid with another person.

Bodin said they heard footsteps running and “a lot of gunshots” and that she and the other person remained in the bathroom until “everything was quiet.” After that, they got out of the building and went into the woods where other people were gathered.

“It was the scariest thing I’ve ever been involved in,” Bodin said. “I was hiding in one of the bathrooms and stood on the toilet and shut the door.”

Bodin said she prayed while she was hiding in the bathroom. “We didn’t know what was going on, but we knew it was bad,” she said.

According to Bodin, the church has a security team that is “very trained.” She said the security team and church leaders know protocol.

“Fortunately they got everyone out of the building safe,” Bodin said. “We did have one man for sure got shot in the leg, but he’s OK, from what I’ve been told. So. Praise God.”

Witness says outdoor service held last weekend

A sign outside the CrossPointe Community Church that invites the community to "Join us for outdoor service." Photo taken on June 22, 2025. (WDIV)

A sign outside the CrossPointe Community Church reads, “JOIN US FOR OUTDOOR SERVICE 10:45 SUNDAY.”

Bodin said the church held outdoor service last Sunday, because it was Father’s day and the Sanctuary had to be cleared out.

“We’re kind of wondering if the gunman knew, thought, we were going to be outside again, I don’t know. But if that would have been the case, it would have been a different story, I think. Thank God we were indoors, and from what I’ve been told he didn’t get in the building,” Bodin said.


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