Quick-Thinking Parishioners Thwart Potential Tragedy at Louisiana Church

A potential crisis was averted at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, when alert churchgoers intervened as a teenager attempted to enter the building with a rifle during a First Communion service. The incident occurred on Saturday, with the church full of approximately 60 children preparing for their sacrament, and the service being broadcast live.

The 16-year-old, dressed in black, tried to access the church through the back door but was swiftly confronted by parishioners and taken outside to wait for the police. The local authorities. . .