In a statement, the Al-Noor Mosque in Gulfton said about three bullets went through the building where nearly 100 people were gathered. Luckily, no one was injured.
As faith leaders at a southwest Houston mosque led nearly 100 people through worship, their sense of safety shattered when three bullets smashed through their building Friday evening.The intense moment was caught on camera while the service was live-streamed.It happened at the Alnoor Masjid mosque on Prestwood Drive near Gulfton Street.Rising tensions over the war in Gaza and the start of their holiest holiday, Ramadan, made them assume they were being singled out in an act of targeted violence.
No one was hurt, but Jire said the congregation was shaken by the unholy event making its way inside their house of worship.
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