Johnnie Langendorff helped run the Texas church gunman down on Sunday and is now being hailed as a hero for potentially preventing more bloodshed.
Langendorff told Fox San Antonio he decided to track down the killer after seeing the gunman, Devin Kelley, exchanging fire with another member of the community. According to Fox News, that person, who hasn't been identified, reportedly shot Kelley during the encounter.
The shooting unfolded early afternoon Sunday at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs. At least 26 people were killed and 20 wounded.
Langendorff tells Fox News he arrived at an intersection near the church, where he witnessed Kelley and the church shooter in a gun battle.
"I pulled up on the intersection and I saw the shooter coming from the cars, actually right outside the church his vehicle was parked, doors open, engines open and him and the neighbor across the street and exchanging fire," he said.
As the shooter got in his truck, Langendorff told Fox San Antonio the other man came to his vehicle and briefed him on what happened.
"The shooter got in his truck, the gentlemen with the rifle came to my truck as the shooter took off, and he briefed me quickly on what had just happened and said we had to get him, so that's what I did," he said.
"We just take pursuit, we speed over 87 through traffic and hit about 95 going down 539 trying to catch this guy until he eventually lost control on his own and went off in the ditch," Langendorff said.
Langendorff said he was not aware at the time of the chase the shooter had additional weapons in his vehicle and that he might have prevented more deaths.
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