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SOURCE OF SHOCK AND PAIN. LOCAL AND STATE POLICE CONVERGED ON THE NEW ENGLAND PENTECOSTAL MINISTERIES IN PELHAM ABOUT 10:00 A.M. ON SATURDAY, MINUTES AFTER A 911 CALL ABOUT A GUNMAN INSIDE. >> REPORT OF ACTIVE SHOOTER. JENNIFER: INSIDE -- CHAOS AND HORROR. ANGELO CASTIGLIONE WAS THERE FOR HIS SON’S WEDDING. >> I SAW A FIGURE IN BLACK JUST RUN RIGHT UP THE STAIRS AND FACE THE BISHOP. BISHOP TURNED AROUND, JUST BOOM BOOM, AND THEN TURNED AROUND AND AIMED AT MY SON AND HIS FUTURE WIFE. JENNIFER: BISHOP STANLEY CHOATE -- SHOT IN THE CHEST. THE BRIDE, CLAIRE MCMULLEN -- SHOT IN THE ARM. THE GROOM, MARK CASTIGLIONE -- HIT IN THE HEAD WITH THE GUN. THE ELDER CASTIGLIONE SAYS WEDDING GOERS, INCLUDING HIS OTHER SON -- GARY, THE BEST MAN -- JUMPED INTO ACTION AND STOPPED THE ALLEGED SHOOTER, 37-YEAR-OLD DALE HOLLOWAY. >> GRABBED THE GUY, AND THEY WERE WRESTLING UP THERE AND HE HAD THE GUN. AND THEY COME WRESTLING DOWN AND HE ROLLED HIM DOWN THE STAIRS AND ROLLED HIM RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME HERE. AND THEN MY SON WAS ON TOP OF HIM, HAD THE GUN OUT OF THE GUY’S HAND. JENNIFER: THE GROUP HELD HOLLOWAY DOWN UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED. HOLLOWAY WAS ARRESTED AND FACES FIVE CHARGES, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED MURDER. AUTHORITIES CONFIRM THAT HOLLOWAY IS THE STEPSON OF 60-YEAR-OLD LUIS GARCIA, A MINISTER HERE WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED EARLIER THIS MONTH IN LONDONDERRY, ALLEGEDLY BY THE GROOM’S SON, BRANDON CASTIGLIONE, WHO IS CHARGED IN GARCIA’S DEATH. THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED HERE STILL VERY ACTIVE. AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT COMMENTED ON A MOTIVE. THE BRIDE AND GROOM WERE BOTH RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY. BISHOP CHOATE HAD SEVERAL SURGERIES AND REMAINS HOSPITALIZED. PEOPLE IN THIS EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY HOPING FOR THE BEST. CHURCH SERVICES ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 20.

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The crime tape has come down and police officers have left, but a Pelham church community is still in shock after police said a gunman opened fire during a wedding over the weekend.>> Download the FREE WMUR appLocal and state police converged on New England Pentecostal Ministries about 10 a.m. Saturday, minutes after a 911 call reported a gunman inside.Angelo Castiglione said he was there for his son's wedding.>> Family shares story of deacon who helped tackle church shooting suspect"I saw a figure in black just run right up the stairs and face the bishop," Castiglione said. "The bishop turned around -- just 'boom, boom' -- and then (the gunman) turned around and aimed at my son and his future wife."Bishop Stanley Choate was shot in the chest and remains hospitalized in serious condition. The bride, Claire McMullen, was shot in the arm. The groom, Mark Castiglione, was hit in the head with the gun.Angelo Castiglione said wedding attendees, including his other son, Gary Castiglione, the best man, jumped into action and stopped the alleged shooter, Dale Holloway, 37."They grabbed the guy and they were wrestling up there, and he had the gun and they came wrestling down, and he rolled him down the stairs and rolled him right in front of me here, and then my son was on top of him, had the gun out of the guy's hand," Angelo Castiglione said.One of the people who jumped into action to help stop the shooting was deacon Othniel Archer. His family spoke out about his actions, saying he helped to save a lot of lives."My dad always jokes that he's played football," said his son, Wren Archer. "He's a linebacker and a quarterback -- he always jokes about that. And we're, like, 'Yeah, sure, Dad. You're making all that up,' and he tackled somebody. We're, like, he might actually be a linebacker."They also noted that several wedding guests helped restrain the gunman until police arrived. Holloway was arrested and faces five charges, including attempted murder. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.>> Father of groom describes shootingInvestigators confirmed that Holloway is the stepson of Luis Garcia, 60, a minister at the church who was shot and killed earlier this month in Londonderry, allegedly by the groom's son, Brandon Castiglione, 24, who is charged in Garcia's death. The investigation into the shooting at the church is still active, and officials have not commented on a motive. A celebration of life ceremony for Garcia was scheduled to take place after the wedding Saturday.According to family members, the bride and groom were released from the hospital Sunday. Relatives said Choate has had several surgeries.Services at the church are suspended until Oct. 20. The on-site child care center is closed until Thursday.