Officer involved in shooting outside Alvin church

Alvin Police invesitgate the scene of a shooting at the Alvin Missionary Baptist Church on West Lang Street, Sunday, July 15, 2018, in Alvin. Alvin Police invesitgate the scene of a shooting at the Alvin Missionary Baptist Church on West Lang Street, Sunday, July 15, 2018, in Alvin. Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle Photo: Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle Image 1 of / 12 Caption Close Officer involved in shooting outside Alvin church 1 / 12 Back to Gallery

A man who fired a shot into a home Sunday was later killed by a police officer after he "repeatedly screamed at the officers to shoot him as he waved a gun around," according to a press release from the Alvin Police Department.

It was the third officer-involved shooting in the Houston area over the weekend.

In the latest incident, the unidentified man fled the first shooting scene around 4 p.m. and wound up being fatally shot in the parking lot of the Alvin Missionary Baptist Church in the 2000 block of West Lang.

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"We praise God we were not in services and all the people who would have been present an hour later were not," Pastor Justin Gatlin wrote on Facebook. He added that his wife and daughter were taking a nap "maybe 100 yards from where it happened."

A caller reported around 4 p.m. that a man was suicidal and had fired a shot into a home. The gunman fled on a motorcycle with the firearm, police stated

Within minutes, police found the motorcycle and the suspect emerged from a nearby wooded area with his weapon. "Officers gave repeated instructions for the suspect to put the weapon on the ground," but he screamed for officers to shoot him, police said.

The suspect did finally place the weapon on the ground, but suddenly retrieved the gun and brought it back up as the officers moved in on him. One officer fired on the suspect," the release stated. He was give treatment and taken to a local hospital where he died

The scene in Alvin was the third officer-involved shooting in the area this weekend.

On Saturday, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said a deputy shot a 26-year-old man who pointed an AK-47 at him in north Harris County. And earlier Sunday, Houston police shot an armed teenage robbery suspect who was fleeing on foot through the Northline neighborhood.

The church canceled scheduled services Sunday evening.

Gatlin posted an update on Facebook about an hour after the incident. He said the shooting hapenned in the rear church parking lot and that the man who was shot "is not associated with AMBC."