I would love it if you'd come
and you'd meet my family before you head back.
Name the time and place.
How about where Reagan and I first met,
My family's church.
Absolutely.
- Hi, Dad. - Hey.
I am coming to you now.
No, not now. That makes no sense.
I guess I could just head to the church.
Okay. Thanks, Daddy. I'll see you soon.
Love you, sweetheart.
That was the first time that I didn't say I love you, back.
- [gunshots] - [people screaming]
- [man] Go! Go, go, go! - [gunshots continue]
Reagan! Reagan and her dad!
Get as far away from here as you can, now!
[sobbing]
[theme song playing]
♪ 'Cause life has a way Of pulling us under ♪
♪ But we'll stick it out ♪
♪ If we got each other ♪
♪ When it all feels too much ♪
♪ I know you'll come running For me ♪
♪ Through the highs and lows We'll find our way home ♪
♪ Family ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Family ♪
[machine whirring]
- [fire alarm ringing] - [people clamoring]
[man] Hustle, hustle, hustle!
Pick up the phone.
God!
[man] Come on!
Let's go! Let's go!
[man 2] Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Come on, Ash.
[sirens wailing]
[phone vibrating]
- Hey. - Ashley!
Did Cole go to church today?
Yeah, he went today. Why?
There's been an incident.
What do you mean, an incident?
There seems to be a shooting.
A what?
It just happened a few minutes ago.
I don't know the details,
but we're headed over there right now.
- [woman crying] - [sirens wailing]
[phone ringing]
Please, back it up.
We're gonna need you to clear this area. Okay?
- Stand back. - You're okay.
It's a nightmare.
I can't believe this is happening.
I'm gonna go check on Dad.
Okay, be careful.
- Ma'am... - I need to get through here.
We were asking for everyone to please leave the scene.
No, this is my church and my husband is a doctor.
He's helping victims in there.
I don't even know if my friends are alive.
The best thing you can do is to stay calm and stand back.
[sighs]
They won't let me through.
You have to listen, Mom.
Now, we haven't seen inside the church
as it is still an active crime scene,
but police have confirmed
that the shooter took his own life
shortly after opening fire here
inside New Grace Community Church.
Emergency personnel are on the scene,
but we still don't know how many were injured
or what motivated the attack.
[people clamoring]
My son is in there!
Ashley!
Mom!
- Mommy! - Cole!
[panting] Hey, baby.
Mommy's here.
Where's Dad and Luke?
Dad's inside. He's helping them.
Luke's with Reagan.
We think her dad was inside the church
Excuse me? Has anyone seen my husband, Robert?
Excuse me?
I'm looking for my husband.
Who do I need to talk to?
You're experiencing hypovolemic shock.
Hey, look at me.
That's it. I need you to breathe deep and slow.
Atta girl. You're gonna be fine.
Thanks, guys.
Look, I just need to know
if anybody saw him inside, okay?
Can you please just go and ask?
I'm sorry we're not releasing any information right now.
The best thing you can do is to stay safely at home.
Okay. Thank you.
Reagan, please, you gotta slow down.
Excuse me? Hi.
Um, did you see this man inside at any point
Are you sure?
Okay. No? Okay.
Did you see this man? No? Okay.
Did you see this man inside there?
- No. - No? Okay.
Okay.
Excuse me?
Excuse me, did either of you see this man inside this morning?
You're positive? No point?
Okay. Thank you. [panting]
Reagan? Hey, Reagan, Reagan, hey, look at me
I don't understand why nobody knows what's going on.
Okay, why doesn't anybody know?
I don't know, but we will find him, okay?
I promise you. Just, you gotta calm down.
- Okay. - Take a deep breath, all right?
Okay, I'm just gonna call him one more time. Okay?
Maybe he went to my apartment,
maybe he didn't understand what I said.
- [phone ringing] - [Reagan panting]
[phone ringing in the distance]
Dad? Dad!
Dad!
[sirens wailing]
- Dad! - [Landon] Hey!
[panting]
Are you guys okay?
Her dad, he's in there.
Hey, follow them to the hospital.
- I'll tell your family, okay? - Okay, thank you.
- Ash! - Landon!
You okay? Is everyone okay?
We're fine.
They just put Reagan's dad in an ambulance.
- Oh. - What happened to him?
I don't know.
I just told Luke to take Reagan to the hospital.
They're telling everyone to leave the site.
The faster we clear the scene, the faster we can help people.
- Will you let John know? - Of course.
Thank you.
We'll see you at home.
Yeah, come straight to Mom's.
Take care of the little guy, okay?
[man on radio] Okay, pardon the interruption guys,
but it sounds like there was a shooting
just a few minutes ago.
It was at the New Grace Community Church.
Several people have been injured
and first responders are on the scene.
And, uh, we don't have a ton of information right now,
but we'll try and keep you posted.
[man on radio continues talking]
[phone ringing]
[Sam] Hey, you make it to the airport?
No. Sam, there was a shooting at church, at our church.
Wait, what? Is your family okay?
I don't know. I called you first.
I can't fly to Dallas right now.
No, no, no. I get it.
Call me as soon as you know more.
Okay. I love you.
I love you, too.
Do we know why he did it?
No, but I overheard the officer saying that
the shooter had no connection to the church.
So, just a random act of total insanity?
It happens.
I hate the world so much sometimes.
[reporter speaking on television]
[inhales sharply]
Heavenly Father,
please send your hope and healing
to all those affected by today's tragedy.
Please send your strength and comfort
into the fear and the pain.
Doctor Baxter, do you need any help?
I'm good, son.
Hey, thanks for being out here.
I know you're just getting back on your feet.
May God give us strength.
[Elizabeth] Let them know your grace
and your love above all else.
All right, just, um...
Hey, guys.
[Elizabeth] Father, we know that you see us
and you hear us when we cry out to you.
And now I'm asking you, please...
...to provide physical and spiritual healing
to all in need.
- Luke. Hey. - [sobbing]
Your dad's already in surgery.
He's had gunshot wounds to the chest
and the right abdomen
and there's significant bleeding,
but we are doing everything in our power
to help him through it.
I've made sure we have our best surgeon on it, okay?
[continues sobbing]
He needs your strength and your prayers right now.
Okay, I gotta get back.
[Reagan] Thank you.
[Elizabeth] Father, please, help us to hold in our hearts
all the families who lost so much today.
Who are filled with loss and grief.
[Elizabeth] Father, bless the survivors.
Bless all of those...
and help to heal their memories of trauma
and devastation.
Father, God, we ask that you would be with those families
to give them courage,
to help them face the days ahead.
And God please,
pour out your healing,
pour out your peace into all those who grieve.
Light them in the darkness.
Help to soothe their heartache.
Be their strength.
Be their courage.
Be their hope.
In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
[reporter talking on television]
[Erin] I came as fast as I could.
Erin, we thought you were on a flight to Dallas.
I need to be here with you guys.
Oh, honey.
[reporter] And a candlelight vigil is already being planned
for the lives lost in this senseless attack.
The death toll in the shooting at New Grace yesterday,
has been updated to four,
with one patron succumbing to multiple gunshot wounds
late last night.
Several others are still in critical condition
and the police are declining to release the name
- of any of the victims at this time. - Hey.
Time for lunch.
I'm ready.
I have to eat quickly, then get to the market
before Hank comes to pick me up.
Okay.
[reporter on TV] While no press will be permitted,
the service will be open to any members of the community.
The police have confirmed that the shooter took his own life...
Isn't it a shame, dear?
That the house of the Lord, of all places,
Do you think it was the spies?
I don't know, Helen.
Such a lovely church.
It is.
Is it your church?
No.
Well... not anymore.
It's my family's.
- Are they okay? - Yeah.
Well...
How about that lunch?
Would you like to give a prayer first?
You start.
Okay.
Um...
[clears throat]
Um...
Dear... God,
Um...
Dear... I'll do it.
Okay.
Dear God,
wrap your loving arms around your people.
Thank you for being with them.
They need you.
Amen.
[knock on door]
Can I come in?
Sure.
Have you heard from her?
No.
Not since I dropped her off last night.
She said she wanted to be alone,
but I feel like I should've stayed with her.
Now she won't answer my calls or my texts.
What do I do?
I know it's really hard to wrap your head around this.
I'm...
I'm trying to make sense of it too.
Feels like Colton died all over again.
I remember when that happened,
that Lillian didn't wanna see anyone.
She still struggles with that.
We're all upset for Reagan,
and the loss of her dad.
So, it's natural that Reagan would close off, but...
She needs you.
You should go to her.
Even just your presence
will let her know that you're there for her
when she's ready.
- We'll see you at the vigil. - Yeah. Yeah, I'll be there.
I love you, Mom.
I love you too.
[knocks on door]
Reagan!
Reagan, you all right?
Reagan?
I was really worried about you.
Don't touch me.
- Don't touch me. - Okay, okay.
I won't.
Just talk to me. What's going on?
Are you seriously asking me that? [crying]
I'm sorry.
[voice trembling] Just please, tell me how I can help, what I can do?
You can leave me alone, okay? That's what you can do.
I understand that you're in a lot of pain right now,
but we're on the same team here, okay?
My father is dead, Luke, because of us.
Because of what we did
and the lie I told him yesterday morning.
We did this.
We should've never slept together, Luke.
It should've never happened
and my father would still be alive.
And I have to live with that.
Okay? I do. You don't.
I have to deal with the fact
that the last thing that I ever told my father
was a lie that got him killed.
And it was a lie that you told me to tell him.
We sinned, Luke!
And now we're being punished. I'm being punished.
Reagan, that is not how God works.
[shouting] You don't know how God works.
You don't.
Fine, fine. Just...
Just let me help you, okay?
- What do you need? - I need to get out of here.
[sniffles]
I'm going to New York tomorrow.
It's where we're gonna bury my father
and my whole family is there.
Okay, then I'll come with you.
No, I don't want you there, Luke.
At least let me drive you to the airport.
No, I can't even look at you!
[crying]
Please, Reagan, I just wanna help you.
You can't.
I made a mistake, Luke.
I know, I know that!
But it is a mistake that I will be forced to live with
every single time that I look at your face.
Do you really wanna help?
I will do anything.
Leave.
[continues crying]
[door opens]
[sighs]
Thank you so much for coming over.
I appreciate it.
And Luke?
I thought he would be here.
I thought so too.
Well, we're all upset.
Thank you all for coming out.
Tonight...
we honor our brothers and sisters
who have... gone...
to be with the Lord.
We honor Pastor Mark,
who loved this church and each of us,
so profoundly.
We honor the three other members of our community
lost in this tragedy
and we pray for healing
in our community.
God...
You can see our hurting hearts right now.
We don't understand why this happened.
Or why evil like this, exists in the world.
We feel helpless right now.
Alone, maybe even angry.
But we know that even now,
you are here.
You are close to the broken-hearted
and you have promised
to give us beauty for ashes.
We will trust you, God.
We will be a light
in this community. We're shaken,
but we are still here.
Amen.
[all] Amen.
[Elizabeth] Next time on The Baxters...
Building some kind of memorial
will help us grieve as a community.
[John] The two of you...
... should be able to create something really special here.
I think you two will make a great team.
I don't love you anymore.
It's over between us.
We act on instincts and evolutionary behavior
and at the end of it all, we die.
Some sooner than others.
I've never met somebody so, uh...
- Assertive? - Complex.
Why would your teacher
want to disprove the existence of God?
He doesn't. I picked that side.
[theme music playing]