Chapman said he was leaving the church when a man ran up saying he had been shot. The pastor added he felt God’s hand leading him to act. “He said, ‘I’ve been shot.’ And as I met him, I said, ‘Well, go on inside.’”
The shooting victim told Chapman he was being chased by his attackers, so the pastor instructed him to go to the basement, and then took position at the front door. Chapman says about 30 seconds later, two men walked up to him. “I stood here and said ‘No, you can’t come in.’”
A few moments later, police arrested the two men. An ambulance took the victim to hospital. “The church is a sanctuary and this young man had a special need,” he said.
— from Cincinnati press reports
