Attempted mass shooting at CrossPointe Community Church

Community members stand alongside CrossPointe congregants as they fill the church on Sunday, June 29, 2025, for the first service since the attempted mass shooting—demonstrating unity, strength, and resilience.

By Sarah Shurge – On Sunday, June 22nd, members of CrossPointe Community Church experienced a life-changing event.
Approximately 150 congregants, including many children, attended a special Vacation Bible School service inside the church, unaware of the events that were about to transpire in the parking lot.
Witnesses stated that the suspect, later identified as 31-year-old Brian Browning of Romulus, MI, graduated in 2012 as Valedictorian from Wayne Memorial High School, was driving a silver SUV erratically in the parking lot before parking the vehicle on the west side of the building.
Browning was in camouflage and a tactical vest, retrieving weapons from his vehicle.
Browning was armed with: an AR-15 style rifle, a semi-automatic handgun with an extended magazine, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and more than a dozen fully loaded magazines.
Browning began firing shots outside the church.

Ford F-150 sits outside CrossPointe Community Church on June 22, 2025, after its driver intervened in stopping an attempted mass shooting. Gunman, Brian Browning, was fatally stopped by church security and was the only casualty in the incident.

A church member in a pickup truck – identified as a deacon – struck Browning with a vehicle in the parking lot to delay the attack. This action gave a trained church security guard time to respond and engage the suspect.
The church’s security team locked the front doors and engaged Browning in a gunfight outside the main entrance.
The armed security guard fatally shot Browning before he was able to enter the building. Responding officers attempted life-saving measures, but Browning was pronounced dead at the scene by Wayne Fire Rescue.
A search warrant executed at Browning’s residence uncovered additional rifles, handguns, and a large cache of ammunition.
Investigators revealed that Browning’s mother is a member of the church, which he had attended only sporadically over the past year.
The security guard sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg during the exchange and is recovering after surgery at a local hospital. No other injuries were reported among congregants.
“We are grateful for the heroic actions of the church’s staff members, who undoubtedly saved many lives and prevented a large-scale mass shooting,” said Police Chief Ryan Strong during a press conference.
Since the shooting, the church has been closed for cleaning and repairs. Several local churches, grief counseling agencies, and community programs reached out to assist.
“Thank you all for your many prayers,” said Bobby Kelly, CrossPointe Community Church Lead Pastor in a media statement. “Please pray for our healing, the strengthening of our faith, and the continued bond of unity brought about through this shared traumatic experience, and for the family of Brian Browning. They are hurting too.”
Exactly one week later, CrossPointe Community Church gathered to worship God in the same place where the shooting incident occurred the prior Sunday. Police cars were on site Sunday morning as participants arrived and exited the church.
“We are forever changed by this incident,” said Pastor Kelly. “Media outlets want to talk about the nonmilitary personnel, church security, and others who prevented the enemy from entering the church, but the real hero is God.”
His sermon pointed toward God’s protection over the church by sparing their lives, that it was a blessing that the church was not hosting any funerals, and ended by encouraging the worshipers to forgive the shooter, Browning.
“The motto of the moment is ‘Walk forward, slowly,’” said Pastor Kelly in a media statement. “We are still figuring out how it all will look, but we do know that we are changed which means that likely some other things will change as well. And all change for God is good.”
CrossPointe Community Church is located at 36125 Glenwood Road. For more information about CrossPointe Community Church, visit cpccwayne.org or call (734)721-7410. You can find them on Facebook by searching “CrossPointe Community Church.”
Be on the lookout next month for a more personal recount of the events that transpired on June 22nd from some of the people involved that day.