As Richard Pryor watched the armed man push toward CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, Michigan, he realized his options to stop the gunman were few. Pryor, a deacon at the church about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Detroit,

A deacon who is being recognized for his quick action to help stop the gunman at a church in Wayne, Michigan, last month received a special gift.

Richard Pryor, a deacon at Crosspointe Community Church in Wayne, was instrumental in stopping a potential mass shooting when he used his truck to hit a gunman approaching the church, allowing security to intervene and neutralize the threat.