Thou Shalt Not Shoot

Sunday morning church services in Newport, Arkansas are more exciting than they are up in my neck of the woods. Usually the hardest thing to do is to stay awake during the sermon. But shortly after Larry Estes, the preacher at the Pentecostal Church of God, started his sermon, everyone was just as wide awake as could be. Larry's wife, Tammy, pulled a gun on Larry.

Tammy Estes surrendered to law officers at the Pentecostal Church of God in Newport after a brief standoff at the church Sunday evening. No one was injured.

She was taken to the Jackson County Detention Center. She was expected to be arraigned Monday.

Police say a church service had just begun when Estes pulled a gun on her husband, preacher Larry Estes, about 7 p.m. According to congregation members, she was upset over messages Larry Estes allegedly exchanged with a youth group member and she demanded he admit infidelity.

Most church members left the building, but several stayed behind to try to convince Tammy Estes to surrender. Police arrived, and other members of the congregation left the church.

And you thought the pot luck supper was a big deal.