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Ryan Garcia Not Surprised by Mentally Ill Gunman’s Failed Attempt to Kill a Pastor

Published 05/07/2024, 1:30 AM EDT

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Ryan Garcia, the fortune teller he is, wasn’t shocked by the events that transpired in Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church. On Sunday, a church service in North Braddock, Pennsylvania, came to a sudden halt when a man stormed in and pointed a gun at the pastor in the middle of his sermon. The entire ordeal was caught on video by the church’s camera used to live stream daily workings. 

Pastor Glenn Germany suddenly found himself staring down the barrel of a gun when 26-year-old Bernard Polite tried to shoot him unprovoked. However, luckily, the gun jammed as the pastor ducked to safety and church Deacon Clarence McCallister immediately tackled Polite, subduing him until the authorities arrived. 

After Polite was taken into custody, Germany sat down with his attacker for a chat. “This guy was just dealing with spirits, he said, and he came in and wanted to shoot somebody,” pastor Germany said in an interview after the incident, adding the officers also indicated Polite had voices in his head. 

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Germany seems to have forgiven Polite for the attack, but claims he hasn’t recovered from the incident, especially because his 14-year-old daughter was in the room when the incident took place. In the meantime, after the news started circulating on the web, Ryan Garcia chanced upon it and had this to say. “I told yall the gun will Jam,” Garcia wrote on X. 

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Polite, on the other hand, faces multiple charges, which are aggravated assault and attempted homicide. A plea for bail was denied and Polite will have to stand a preliminary hearing next week. However, the story doesn’t end there, sadly!

Despite comment from Ryan Garcia, things were worse than it seemed

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Before the incident, the Eastern Regional Mon Valley Police Department was called regarding a shooting at Stokes Avenue around 8 p.m. Upon arriving at the site, the police discovered a man shot to death inside a home. The Allegheny County Police Department’s homicide unit was immediately asked to arrive at the scene for further investigations. Later, the victim was identified as 56-year-old Derek Polite, one of Bernard Polite’s relatives. 

It’s clearly an extremely tragic situation, where a person has lost his life. While Pastor Germany will count his blessings for God’s divine intervention, Ryan Garcia seems to have seen it coming from a mile away, as per his tweet. Meanwhile, the church shooting incident is a developing story, and updates are coming in every hour, so stay tuned. What did you think of Garcia’s tweet? 

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