Teen arrested in connection with Memphis pastor shooting

A teenager who allegedly drove a getaway car from Zionfield Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, in February after Pastor Clemmie Livingston Jr. was shot in the face by as-yet-unidentified carjackers was arrested in link to the shooting.

R'Shunio Greer, 18, was charged with aggravated robbery and theft of property, according to WREG. He also faces several firearms possession charges.

Court documents cited by the outlet indicate Greer was linked to the Livingston shooting after investigators allegedly found photos of Greer in a car stolen from Livingston's church the day the pastor was shot. Greer allegedly admitted to walking away from the scene of the shooting.

For the shooting case, Greer's bond was set at $250,000. With additional bond amounts for other cases, Greer faces a total bond amount of $390,500.

Livingston was shot shortly after 9 a.m. on Feb. 25 as he left his church before the start of his Sunday morning service. He recently bore witness to the ordeal in his first appearance from the pulpit since the shooting, in his Easter Sunday message.

“I am happy to be here to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I remember Peter's words. … He said, “Lord, it’s good to be here.” And sometimes we take for granted being here, but it’s good to be here,” Livingston, 71, said after directing his congregants to Matthew 28:5-6.

Even after being a preacher for nearly 40 years, he says he must continue to read the scriptures to remember how sure God's promises are.

” Say what you want. I don't care what you're going through. You can always rely on God's Word. His Word is eternal unto eternity,” he said.

Although he did not plan to discuss the shooting that day, Livingston used the experience to encourage Christians not to abandon their faith.

“You have to hold on. You have to hold on. A few weeks ago my faith was tested. A faith that cannot be tested cannot be trusted,” he said. he declares.

“Just a few weeks ago I had to keep my faith when I was hit by a stray bullet. I don't know where it came from. I just saw myself fall to my knees. I said that I wasn't going to talk about it… because it's not easy to talk about it,” he continued.

“But I was hit by a stray bullet that brought me to my knees. I didn't know what was happening. All I could smell was blood coming from all directions. All I could think of was blood coming from all directions. “I remembered, it was Troy Franklin and my daughter, Tracy, holding my head,” he recalled. “My daughter wouldn't let me close my eyes. And I remember Sister Franklin saying to me, 'Wait.'”

He said he kept telling himself he would be dead in a few minutes.

“'You can't keep bleeding like you're doing and not die,'” he remembers saying to himself.

But God had another message for him.

“When I was on my knees, let me tell you what he said. He told me, 'Stop trying to die and start living again.' He told me, 'Not yet, not yet,'” Livingston said to cries of praise from worshipers. “When you are rooted in the Lord, you can feel His presence. I felt the presence of the Lord.”