Texas church where deadly mass shooting occurred could be torn down

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The church where the deadly Texas shooting occurred last weekend may be demolished. Frank Pomeroy, pastor of First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, reportedly told Southern Baptist Convention leaders that holding services at the church would be too difficult following the massacre.

“The pastor expressed his desire that perhaps the best way forward is to have the church demolished and replaced with a prayer garden,” Roger Oldham, convention spokesman, told USA Today.

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