{"id":240072,"date":"2026-04-08T08:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/240072\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T08:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:09:08","slug":"texas-man-tackled-at-houston-church-with-loaded-gun-100-rounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/240072\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas man tackled at Houston church with loaded gun, 100 rounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Texas<\/a> man armed with a loaded gun and more than 100 rounds of ammunition was tackled by a security guard inside a\u00a0Houston church\u00a0before he could open fire, police said.<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Ahsono Mbwavi, 23, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, court records show.<\/p>\n

Houston police said that on March 15, Mbwavi arrived at Eden Church, which holds services at Post Entertainment Center in downtown Houston<\/a> on Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, a member of the church\u2019s\u00a0security team\u00a0recognized Mbwavi, who had been asked to leave the property roughly two months earlier after he tried handing out \u201cconcerning\u201d flyers.<\/p>\n

Based on that history, the church\u2019s pastor asked the security team to monitor Mbwavi.<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Ahsono Mbwavi was arrested March 15 after allegedly bringing a loaded gun to a Houston church service. Houston Police Department<\/p>\n

The security guard told police he saw Mbwavi wearing a backpack and following a pastor into the bathroom, then walking in and out multiple times before disappearing into the crowd.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, another pastor confronted Mbwavi, and while the two were speaking, the security guard noticed Mbwavi holding the grip of a pistol in his pocket.<\/p>\n

The guard told police he saw Mbwavi reach for the gun and tackled him, believing he was about to harm members of the security team and congregation.<\/p>\n

A service at Eden Church in downtown Houston. Eden Church<\/p>\n

Police were told that Mbwavi reached for his gun as a security guard tackled him. Jeff Whyte \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

Mbwavi had his cellphone in his hand and was allegedly counting down, leading the guard to believe a bomb could be detonated.<\/p>\n

The security team and members of the church assisted the guard in restraining Mbwavi.<\/p>\n

While on the ground, Mbwavi allegedly shouted, \u201cI\u2019m going to kill [the pastor], who is a fake prophet. I am a prophet called Warlock.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mbwavi\u2019s cellphone was allegedly open to a\u00a0notes application containing information\u00a0about killing the church\u2019s pastor.<\/p>\n

Mbwavi was carrying a .22-caliber revolver\u00a0loaded with six live rounds, along with more than 100 additional rounds in his backpack, according to court documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Texas man armed with a loaded gun and more than 100 rounds of ammunition was tackled by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4497,9399,16610,56,58,57,27,734],"class_list":{"0":"post-240072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-assaults","9":"tag-church","10":"tag-guns","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-houston-headlines","13":"tag-houston-news","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}