Daily Mail
January 2, 2014
A Florida pastor shot and wounded an employee Tuesday morning in a gunfight after he told the man he was being fired.
Terry L. Howell, 61, was trying to fire Benjamin Parangan Jr., 47, Tuesday morning around 8am when the angered maintenance worker opened fire on the pastor, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
Parangan, who had worked for the Living Water Fellowship church in Kissimmee for 9 years, is in stable condition at Osceola Regional Medical Center facing a charge of aggravated assault with intent to kill as well as other pending charges.
Witnesses told FOX that Howell was meeting with Parangan to fire him when Parangan pulled out a handgun and fired at the pastor several times and missed.
Howell reacted in self-defense, police say, when he pulled out his own pistol and fired back, wounding the man.
Both men have concealed-weapon permits, according to the Sheriff’s Office.