Channelview Pastor Pistol Whipped, Robbed In Church Parking Lot

CHANNELVIEW, TX -- The pastor of a local church is recovering after he said a man pistol whipped him and took his wallet early Sunday morning.

Ted Broadway, 85, has pastored the Channelview Tabernacle Church for nearly 60 years, was taking out the trash at about 6:30 a.m. Sunday when he said a man drove up beside his truck at the back of the church.

Broadway said he thought the man was there to dump trash and told him that it was a church. (For news updates on this story and other Pasadena news, just click here to get Patch's daily newsletter and free, real-time news alerts)
Broadway said when he turned to grab another bag of trash from his pickup, the man hit him in the head with the butt of his pistol.

Broadway said when the man hit him, it rung his bell, but not enough to keep him from demanding why he’d been hit in the first place.

The thief told Broadway he wanted his wallet, which Broadway said he would have given to him if he’d had just asked.

He handed his wallet over and waved to the thief as he drove off in a small pickup truck.

In hindsight, Broadway said he wishes he’d taken a photo of the pickup as the thief was driving away.

Broadway was taken to the emergency room and released later that morning.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident.

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