{"id":109672,"date":"2019-05-09T13:17:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T17:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=109672"},"modified":"2019-05-09T13:17:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T22:17:38","slug":"houston-pastor-wife-shoot-and-kill-home-intruder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/houston-pastor-wife-shoot-and-kill-home-intruder\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Pastor, Wife Shoot and Kill Home Intruder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" title=\"Houston Pastor, Wife Shoot and Kill Home Intruder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/powers.gif\" alt=\"Houston Pastor, Wife Shoot and Kill Home Intruder\" class=\"wp-image-109677\" \/><figcaption><em>Rev. Jeff Powers and his wife, Julie. (Jeff Powers Facebook)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If 24-year-old Roberto Sanchez thought hitting a pastor\u2019s home in suburban Houston would make an easy score, he discovered his mistake far too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local media <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/pastor-wife-shoot-kill-alleged-burglar-houston-home\/story?id=62847146\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"houston-pastor-wife-shoot-and-kill-home-intruder\" title=\"Houston Pastor, Wife Shoot and Kill Home Intruder\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a> that United Methodist Church Rev. Jeff Powers and his wife Julie were awakened just before midnight on Saturday by a loud noise coming from their back yard. Going to investigate, they noticed their gate was open and saw someone creeping through their yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both husband and wife retrieved their firearms while \u201cthe\nsuspect forced his way and gained entry into the residence,\u201d according to a\npolice report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s when the couple opened fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;At that point, they discharged their weapons several times at him and struck him,&#8221;&nbsp;a homicide detective at the scene told ABC station KTRK-TV in Houston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/pistol-packing-pastors-seek-concealed-carry-permits-to-protect-their-flock\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"houston-pastor-wife-shoot-and-kill-home-intruder\" title=\"Houston Pastor, Wife Shoot and Kill Home Intruder\">Pistol-Packing Pastors Seek Concealed Carry Permits To Protect Their Flock<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The couple called 911, went outside, and placed their\nfirearms on the ground to wait for first-responders to arrive. Firefighters\npronounced Sanchez dead at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No charges were immediately filed against Powers and his\nwife, but a Houston Police Department spokesman told ABC News the case will be\npresented to a Harris County Grand Jury to decide whether charges will be\nfiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Powers had been the pastor at Westminster United\nMethodist Church in west Houston. The shooting occurred the night before Powers\nhad been set to deliver his final sermon before turning the church over to a\nnew pastor, Shannon Martin, a spokeswoman for the United Methodist Church in\nTexas, told ABC News on Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Powers is now the Senior Pastor of Christ Church United Methodist in The Woodlands, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jeff.powers2\/posts\/10216369017129274\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"houston-pastor-wife-shoot-and-kill-home-intruder\" title=\"Houston Pastor, Wife Shoot and Kill Home Intruder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Facebook post<\/a>. It\u2019s unclear whether he delivered his final sermon on May 5, the morning after the shooting, though the Westminster Church website has not posted a sermon from that Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/911-audio-pro-gun-pastor-shoots-robber-then-leads-him-to-salvation\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"houston-pastor-wife-shoot-and-kill-home-intruder\" title=\"Houston Pastor, Wife Shoot and Kill Home Intruder\">911 Audio: Pro-Gun Pastor Shoots Robber Then Leads Him To Salvation<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Powers and his wife declined to speak to the media,\ntelling ABC News that the couple \u201cis not making any comments right now.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pastor does not appear to hold strong views on firearms or gun rights, according to a survey of his sermons and Facebook account. His only gun-related comment of the last year and a half appeared four days after the Parkland massacre. Rev. Powers shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rd.com\/advice\/parenting\/stop-bullying-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"houston-pastor-wife-shoot-and-kill-home-intruder\" title=\"Houston Pastor, Wife Shoot and Kill Home Intruder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">an article<\/a> titled, \u201cOne Teacher\u2019s Brilliant Strategy to Stop Future School Shootings\u2014and It\u2019s Not About Guns.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSometimes there are simple approaches to effectively\ndealing with complex problems,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, the United Methodist Church said Powers and his wife are &#8220;mourning the loss of life and cooperating fully with authorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"mce_0\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If 24-year-old Roberto Sanchez thought hitting a pastor\u2019s home in suburban Houston would make an easy score, he discovered his mistake far too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":109677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,262,593,240],"tags":[132,291,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-109672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-defensive-use-of-firearms","10":"category-jordan-michaels","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-dgu","14":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Houston Pastor, Wife Shoot and Kill Home Intruder<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When Rev. 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