The killer was set to appear in court the next day
HORRIFYING details have been revealed about the Kentucky church shooting that killed two members of his ex’s family and injured another three.
The gunman declared, “Someone’s gonna have to die,” before opening fire as he hunted the mother of his three children.
Guy House, 47, burst into Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, on Sunday afternoon.
Beverly Gumm, 72, and her daughter Star Rutherford were cooking lunch for the congregation in the church’s basement at the time, Rutherford told the Lexington Herald-Leader.
After House barged through the doors, he demanded to speak with one of Rutherford’s sisters, who was his ex, but Gumm and Rutherford told him she wasn’t there.
He then told them, “Well, someone’s gonna have to die, then,” and started shooting, Rutherford recalled.
Gumm ducked out of the way for House’s first shot, but was killed by the second.
House then left and fatally shot another of his ex’s sisters, Christina Combs, 32, outside of the church.
He then shot Gumm’s husband and the church’s longtime pastor, Jerry Gumm, and Combs’ husband, Randy Combs.
Cops then arrived on the scene and shot and killed House.
Jerry and Randy were rushed to a local hospital, where Jerry remains in critical condition.
Rutherford wrote on Facebook on Sunday night that Randy was awake, while Jerry was still “sedated from surgery.”
She told the Herald-Leader that she held Beverly, a mother of eight, as she died.
Christina leaves behind five children, including a six-month-old baby. She was planning to graduate from nursing school in December.
“They were both fantastic moms,” said Rachael Barnes, another sister, who added that her mom and sister were doing what they loved in “serving the Lord” when they died.
Barnes and Rutherford told the Herald-Leader they didn’t know a possible motive for House opening fire on the small, tight-knit church.
House’s violent spree started at around 11:30 am on Sunday at the Blue Grass Airport.
A state trooper stopped House’s car after receiving a “license plate reader alert,” according to Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers.
House then shot the trooper, who is now in stable condition.
He then carjacked a vehicle and fled the scene as cops tracked him.
House drove to the church, which is about 16 miles away and a 30-minute drive from the airport.
Source: https://www.the-sun.com/news/14708858/kentucky-church-shooting-guy-house-wife-dead-lexington/
