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Wayne Church Deacon Who Stopped Would-Be Mass Shooter Gifted New Truck

WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN, JUL 10 – Richard Pryor stopped a church gunman by ramming him with his truck during a June 22 attack, and was later given a new $70,000 Ford F-150 by a local dealership.

  • On June 22, 31-year-old Richard Pryor, a deacon at a church in Wayne, used his truck to stop an armed attacker named Brian Browning.
  • Brian Browning, equipped with multiple firearms and protective gear, arrived at the church aiming to execute a mass shooting during a Vacation Bible School service.
  • Pryor was the first to notice Browning and quickly decided to accelerate his 2018 Ford F-150 into him; after Pryor’s intervention, church security personnel shot and killed Browning as he continued firing.
  • Pryor's quick action likely saved lives among the 100+ attendees, prompting Demmer Ford to gift him a new 2025 Ford F-150 PowerBoost on a two-year lease valued at about $70,000.
  • The incident, described as divine providence by Pastor Bobby Kelly Jr., led to community gratitude, and Pryor expressed thankfulness for the Lord's protection despite the trauma involved.
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Deacon hailed as a hero after helping thwart Michigan church shooting gets a new pickup truck

A deacon who helped prevent what authorities say could have been a mass shooting by using his pickup truck to strike a gunman outside a Michigan church has received a new Ford F-150.

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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
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