Shooter Opens Fire at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Mega Church

Texas authorities reported they were responding to an alleged shooting at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas.

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced that there were “possible shots fired at/or around Lakewood Church” on Sunday afternoon.

“We have @HCSOTexas deputies that work an extra-job there,” Gonzalez said on X. “Info still preliminary. Site falls within @houstonpolice area.”

The Houston Police Department confirmed on X that the scene was at the mega church.

“The active scene is at Lakewood Church on the SW Fwy service road. Traffic is very heavy near and on the service road,” Houston Police Department wrote on X.