The 7-year-old boy who was shot and killed at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church earlier this month is fighting for his life after undergoing multiple surgeries on his brain and skull, his grandmother said.
The gunman, Genes Yvonne Moreno, 36, entered the Houston megachurch with her son, Samuel Moreno Carranza, around 2 p.m., then opened fire with an AR-15. The boy and another man were seriously injured at the scene.
“Half of the right skull was damaged,” the boy’s grandmother, Wali Carranza, wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday. 1708365664 It must be surgically removed during two surgeries performed within 24 hours. ”
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The boy’s grandmother said, “The boy has gone into cardiac arrest many times, but his scalp tissue is too fragile to attach electroencephalogram wires to, so no one can determine whether his brain is active or not.” writing.
Moreno’s second victim, a 57-year-old man, was shot in the leg and was in stable condition later that day, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner previously told Fox News Digital.
One of two off-duty armed law enforcement officers guarding the church shot and killed Moreno in the ensuing gunfight, and she later died from her wounds.
It is unclear whether the boy was shot by his mother or by a security guard who tried to subdue her.
The Lakewood church shooter has been identified as Genesee Yvonne Moreno. “Palestine” written on a gun
The suspect in the Lakewood church shooting has been identified as Janece Yvonne Moreno. (Texas Department of Public Safety)
“I don’t want to speculate on that, but what I’m saying is, unfortunately, if it was a woman that that suspect put her baby at risk, I’m going to hold her accountable for that.” Ta. Last week’s press conference.
After Moreno “fell to the ground,” officers at the scene immediately searched her backpack and car for explosives because of previous threats she had made, Finner said.
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“My faith tradition demands compassion from me, and I have it for my deceased daughter-in-law,” the boy’s grandmother wrote in the post. “She has schizophrenia and she now also has antisocial personality disorder. Her brain was broken.”
Grandmother has filed more than 20 reports of neglect and medical abuse to Child Protective Services in Harris and Montgomery counties, yet law enforcement has never intervened in the at-risk woman’s life. claimed that he did not. Her grandmother previously claimed that authorities found guns in Moreno’s diaper bag, purse and car.
The bereaved woman said her grandchildren “have no God-given gift because the very same ‘pro-life’ politicians believe that unlimited gun rights are important and the right to life is not.” “The right to live is not being protected,” he wrote.
“What excuse do we have for those who knew and did nothing, and for the legislators who allow anyone to buy assault weapons while denying red flag authorization?” Carranza asked.
She called on lawmakers to “repeal the Second Amendment” because:[the first] It makes too much sense to allow the second one. ”
Moreno’s neighbors previously detailed years of harassment and threats from Moreno, as well as unsuccessful attempts to alert authorities to Moreno’s unstable condition.
A long line of cars formed outside the Lakewood church where Geneth Yvonne Moreno opened fire on February 11th. (Photo by Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
The motive for Moreno’s shooting is not yet clear. Police said anti-Semitic writing was found in the car she was driving to church. Police did not say what was written, but suggested it may have stemmed from a dispute in her family involving her ex-husband and his girlfriend’s family, some of whom are Jewish. .
Fox News Digital previously reported that the woman’s gun had the word “Palestine” written on it.
Moreno, a native of El Salvador, has a criminal history, including convictions for assaulting a police officer in 2009 and forgery in 2010.
Fox News Digital previously reported that she had been arrested six times dating back to 2005 and had used multiple false names, including Jeffrey Escalante Moreno.
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Houston police watch over people evacuated outside a Lakewood church on Sunday after a shooting. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle, via AP)
Officials from the FBI, Texas Rangers, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Conroe Police Department and Houston Police Department were searching a property believed to be Mr. Moreno’s residence in Conroe, north of Houston, on Monday, KPRC reported.
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Investigators said they would look into it. An investigation is underway into how Moreno was able to purchase two guns, one of which was purchased legally in December, Hassig said.
Yesterday, the church held its first service since the shooting, and Osteen told parishioners that the incident had caused “a lot of trauma.” Houston Mayor John Whitmire and Police Chief Troy Finner were invited to the stage to speak.
