By Sara Higgins
Reporter
Midland Reporter-Telegram
MIDLAND, TEXAS - Everyone thought it was a skit. Perhaps the reality was too horrific to comprehend. Youth groups from the community were participating in a rally in the sanctuary at Wedgewood Baptist Church when Larry Ashworth opened fire one Wednesday evening in September 1999.
"To walk into a sanctuary and see all these kids and start firing -- it's such a peaceful, serene place where you feel safe," said homicide detective Mike Carroll, who led the investigation for the Fort Worth Police Department into the shooting. "None of us were expecting anything like this."
Carroll was one of three speakers in a church safety seminar Monday. The free event hosted at The Midland Center was geared toward pastors, church staff members, youth directors and local law enforcement.
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