White Settlement

The White Settlement Police Department has made an arrest in the shooting deaths of Trevon Hampton and De Andrew Bentley last month.

Two men are dead after shots rang out early Tuesday morning at an apartment complex in White Settlement, police say.

It’s been one year since a gunman walked into the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement and opened fire, killing two church members inside. The church pastor and security team members say it’s a day that changed their lives forever.

It’s been one year since a gunman walked into the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement and opened fire, killing two church members inside. The church pastor and security team members say it’s a day that changed their lives forever.

The Tarrant County Public Health Department confirms 1,544 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday along with another 12 new deaths.

The White Settlement Senior Center has been closed since March because of COVID-19. City officials didn’t want their seniors to feel alone this Thanksgiving, so they made a special delivery on Friday. NBC 5’s Vince Sims takes us along.

A sign on the door of the White Settlement Senior Services building says it all.  The facility has been closed since March 20 because of COVID-19 concerns.

Tarrant County Public Health is reporting 352 additional cases of COVID-19 Friday along with four more deaths in Fort Worth, Mansfield and White Settlement. Of the 352 additional cases reported Friday, data from the county health department indicates there are 304 more confirmed cases than the day before and 48 more probable cases. The county began reporting both probable and…

The armed churchgoer who stopped a gunman who opened fire inside a White Settlement church last month and killed two people was awarded the state’s highest honor at the Texas Governor’s Mansion Monday morning. Jack Wilson was awarded the Governor’s Medal of Courage, the state’s highest civilian honor, for stopping an armed man who brought a gun into the...

The man who opened fire inside a Texas church in December, killing two people before being shot to death, had racial problems with other inmates while jailed in New Jersey on a gun charge. Keith Thomas Kinnunen, 43, brought a shotgun into the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement during Sunday services last month and opened fire during communion,…

A week after a gunman opened fire during Sunday worship at a White Settlement church, parishioners packed in to support the victims’ families and their congregation. Inside West Freeway Church of Christ, heavy hearts prayed for emotional healing. Senior Minister Britt Farmer told church members he’s struggled to be thankful, after he lost two friends one week ago. “Emotionally,...

A week after a gunman opened fire during Sunday worship at a White Settlement church, parishioners packed in to support the victims’ families and their congregation.

One of two victims murdered Sunday morning at West Freeway Church of Christ was laid to rest Thursday. The private funeral service for Richard White, 67, was set for Thursday afternoon at Western Hills Church of Christ in Fort Worth. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott attended and spoke at the service. White was armed and serving on the West Freeway Church…

Amy Kinnunen knows her brother carried out a horrific and senseless attack on innocent people. But she said she doesn’t want her brother to only be known as “The White Settlement Church Shooter.” “He was a lost soul that had demons from a childhood… I keep repeating this, but we are products from our environment,” she said. Speaking to...

Amy Kinnunen knows her brother carried out a horrific and senseless attack on innocent people. But she said she doesn’t want her brother to only be known as “The White Settlement Church Shooter.”

The man who opened fire inside a White Settlement church, killing two people before being shot to death, was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial in 2012 and was repeatedly fed by the congregation before he grew angry when church officials refused to give him money, according to court records and the minister. Keith Thomas Kinnunen, 43, brought a shotgun…

The man who fatally shot two people at a White Settlement Church on Sunday before being killed by church security has been identified as a 43-year-old Keith Thomas Kinnunen, a River Oaks man described by his ex-wife as “battling a demon” and “not nice to anyone.”

The man who fatally shot two people at a White Settlement Church on Sunday before being killed by church security has been identified as a 43-year-old Keith Thomas Kinnunen, a River Oaks man with a long criminal history and described by his ex-wife as “battling a demon” and “not nice to anyone.”

In the grass outside the West Freeway Church of Christ, dozens gathered Monday night for a candlelight vigil one day after a gunman opened fire during a church service. “I want to make sure we understand why we are here,“ said Blan Chrane, the minister at Franklin Church of Christ. Chrane and other ministers from area congregations helped organize the…

In the grass outside the West Freeway Church of Christ, dozens gathered Monday night for a candlelight vigil one day after a gunman opened fire during a church service.