Alabama pastor tells congregation how he wrestled gun off his 'murderer' grandson minutes after mom and four children were massacred at home - and reveals a shocking family secret

An aged pastor has described really he wrestled a weapon distant from his grandson aft nan troubled man allegedly gunned down his woman and 4 young children.

Brandon Allan Kendrick, 32, faces 5 counts of superior execution aft nan mass shooting  pinch a 9m pistol astatine his grandfather spot successful agrarian Alabama.

His woman Kelse Kendrick, 24, was recovered dormant alongside their boy Kaleb, six, and Kynli, two, and their cousins Colton, eight, and Haley Daniels, six, past Thursday night.

Kendrick allegedly gunned down his family astatine nan car shed flat they lived successful connected Allan Kendrick's spot successful West Blocton, astir 40 miles southbound of Birmingham. 

The 71-year-old recounted nan section astatine nan extremity of a lengthy sermon at Oasis of Praise Church successful adjacent Bessemer, wherever he is elder pastor, connected Sunday.

Allan besides revealed to his congregation that Kendrick was 'physically, sexually, and mentally' abused until his grandparents sewage custody erstwhile he was 12.

Kendrick suffered from schizophrenia and his family explained to DailyMail.com really his intelligence authorities worsened successful nan weeks earlier nan massacre. 

'Kelse and her children person been victims of domestic violence for years,' 1 family personnel said, claiming he had a history of not taking his medication.

Kendrick pleaded not blameworthy by logic of intelligence illness aliases defect in Bibb County Courthouse connected Monday. He will look tribunal again connected September 26.

Allan told his followers he was watching TV successful nan main location pinch his woman Gay Kendrick erstwhile they heard what sounded for illustration a gunshot.

'I didn't person my shoes connected truthful I'm putting my shoes connected and he (Kendrick) walked successful our chamber pinch a weapon successful his hand,' he said.

'[Gay] was closest to him and she grabbed nan gun, it went disconnected - I don't cognize really it kept from hitting her.'

Allan past theatrically corrected himself to opportunity that he did cognize really nan slug missed them - God intervened.

He revealed he was truthful concerned astir Kendrick that he said to members of his congregation hours earlier nan massacre.

'Our dream squad that night, astir an hr earlier this incident, stood correct present and joined hands and prayed for excavation and Gay's safety,' he said.

'Anyway, I was capable to subdue him, and erstwhile that happened he didn't cognize wherever he was at, he started asking maine and Gay "where americium I? Where's Kelse? Poppy, why are you angry? What did I do wrong?"'

Allan did not look to person shared his concerns pinch authorities, and did not forestall Kelse and nan 4 children from being astir him that night.

The pastor explained his grandson's actions came retired of obscurity arsenic minutes earlier he appeared happy and nary threat to anyone.

'Ten minutes earlier I heard a gunshot, my grandson was sitting successful his chamber pinch maine and Gay... laughing, talking, and having a beautiful bully time,' he told nan congregation.

'We were talking astir nan J Alexander meal we took him to [and] a fewer others things, conscionable laughing, talking. 

'His woman had gotten home, she came in, laughed pinch america a small while [and] left. He sewage up [and] 10 minutes later, pow!'

Allan elaborate Kendrick's history of maltreatment and intelligence illness, and really he had ne'er moreover been to a edifice earlier they took him to 1 for his 13th birthday. 

'All he'd ever known for 12 years was maltreatment - physical, sexual, mental, drugs. When I sewage him astatine 12 years aged he weighed 58lbs [and] he was connected 9 different psychotic medicines,' he said.

'At 18, nan strategy grounded him, took him disconnected of disability, took him disconnected medicine because we couldn't spend to bargain it, because they canceled his Medicaid. 

'Gay and I watched him each these years, [we tried] truthful hard, talked to each agency, talked to everybody, we tried everything, had him institutionalized successful hospitals - only to beryllium discharged pinch nary medication, nary travel up, nary doctor, nothing.'

Allan claimed his grandson considered his intelligence authorities to beryllium specified an emergency that hours earlier he changeable his family, he called 911.

'One o'clock connected Thursday morning, he's calling 911 asking for thief - only to beryllium turned down,' he said.

Allan told Kelse's grandfather Bill Morrow really he stumbled upon nan crime and confronted his grandson, according to a speech recounted to Daily Mail.com by Kelse's uncle Eli Morrow.

'Brandon came astatine him pinch nan gun, and he fought it distant from him. Then he walked complete [to nan house] and recovered retired what happened. So they were arsenic amazed arsenic everyone else, they didn't expect it,' Eli said.

'Brandon said, 'Why did you hit maine up?' and Allan told him what he had done… and he conscionable said, 'Oh'.'

All 5 were recovered dormant pinch gunshot wounds to their heads, different than Haley, who was still breathing and rushed to hospital, but did not survive.

Kaden was nan past unfortunate and changeable extracurricular nan car shed apartment, perchance while moving for his life, which is really Allan heard nan gunfire.

'Allan said nan doorway was knocked disconnected its hinges, almost for illustration she had locked him retired and he collapsed nan doorway down earlier shooting them. I'm assuming they were having immoderate benignant of argument,' Eli said.

Allan utilized Sunday's mentation of what happened to berate his congregation into 'getting correct pinch God', because life was unpredictable.

'Don't you think, if you don't person Jesus, that you gonna locomotion retired of present and everything is going to beryllium cool, 'cause you ain't nary lucifer for nan devil,' he said.

He said maybe those listening weren't mentally sick for illustration Kendrick but they were not beardown capable to defy nan devil if he were to person them.

'Better get your bosom correct pinch God - because you whitethorn beryllium nan adjacent 1 connected nationalist news,' he said.

'You don't cognize if nan personification you're pinch successful an elevator, aliases you've sewage your backmost to successful Walmart... who could person a psychotic nonaccomplishment astatine immoderate infinitesimal and you ne'er moreover perceive nan gunshot, aliases nan weapon stab... you don't moreover cognize it til consciousness thing sting. You amended beryllium ready, astatine each times.'

Allan asked if anyone had issues pinch intelligence unwellness aliases was diagnosed pinch paranoid schizophrenia, PTSD, aliases 'a precocious level' of ADHD, and claimed 'God tin heal you, if you'll fto him'.

He past said much astir Kendrick, alluding to him not doing what he was expected to do to negociate his illness.

'You tin rebel, you tin person a granddaddy that tin show you each time what you request to do, springiness you scripture each day, believe complete you each day, and you tin proceed to rebel until your life is gone... don't ever show maine God didn't springiness you a chance,' he said.

Throughout nan remainder of nan hour-long sermon, Allan appeared jovial and danced to Christian songs. He explained really he refused to alteration a azygous point astir Sunday's work contempt nan family tragedy.

Allan called 911 astir 8.18pm, and past sewage connected nan telephone to Bill, Eli explained.

'Bill, you request to get down here, Brandon has changeable Kelse each nan kids successful nan head,' family said Allan told him.

Bill and his girl Jessica, who is Colton and Haley's mother, rushed to nan spot but recovered it cordoned disconnected by constabulary erstwhile they arrived astir 9pm.

Eli's woman Brittany Morrow explained that nan massacre followed a last-minute determination by Kelse to springiness successful to Kendrick's demands 1 past time.

'All of nan children were expected to walk nan nighttime astatine [Bill's] home,' Brittany told DailyMail.com.

'Brandon many times begged and pleaded pinch her to travel location and she gave in… wrong an hr they were each changeable successful nan head.'

Brittany explained that Colton and Haley's mother Jessica Morrow, 35, was having awesome room nan adjacent morning, truthful location was nary action but to nonstop them pinch Kelse.

'We unrecorded 45 minutes away. I wish to God they had asked america to return them for nan night,' she said.

'What we are struggling pinch nan most, is that it was a last-minute determination to return them complete there, it was ne'er successful nan scheme because they knew he had been acting crazy.'

Kelse's car was surgery down truthful Jessica dropped each 5 of them disconnected astatine location connected Green Tree Drive astir 7pm.

Kelse is Eli's niece by his older sister, who has since died, and Bill's grandfather, and nan Morrow and Kendrick families person been intertwined for generations.

Eli had custody of Colton and Haley from January 2021 until past November, erstwhile a judge allowed them to return to Jessica.

'Jessica yet sewage her kids back, and past this happens,' Brittany said.

'I americium devastated and destroyed... Eli and I had afloat custody of them for almost 3 years and they were my babies.'

Police rushed to nan segment and arrested Kendrick aft discovering nan bodies, Bibb County Sheriff Jody Wade said.

'It's perfectly horrible. It's unimaginable what nan family is going through, what nan friends of nan family are experiencing, what nan organization is emotion correct now,' he said. 

'It was conscionable a horrific segment that moreover seasoned officers told maine it is nan worst point they've ever seen.

'As officers are going, they are saying location are much children that person been shot.' 

Wade said Kendrick was yet to show constabulary why he did it, but 'I don't cognize what motive he could springiness america that would warrant what he did anyway'. 

Kendrick was booked into the Bibb County Jail astir 3.30am and denied bail.

He is charged with four counts of superior execution of a kid nether 14, and 1 count of superior execution successful nan sidesplitting of 2 aliases much group successful 1 act.

Oasis of Praise Church held a dream vigil pinch much than 300 members past Friday night, saying proceeds from nan postulation sheet would spell to nan families.

'Pastor wanted america to relay to each those asking if they tin do anything: 'Tell everyone asking if they tin do thing that they tin beryllium astatine religion Sunday astatine 10am',' nan religion wrote connected its Facebook page.

'The religion has committed to helping nan families pinch expenses. If you would for illustration to beryllium a portion of this effort, please springiness your aid to nan church's benevolence fund. 

'All donated money will beryllium directed towards nan needs of nan families involved.'

Eli Morrow besides started a GoFundMe page to thief salary for nan funerals, pinch his woman explaining nan family didn't want nan ceremonial astatine Allan's church.

'None of nan family consciousness comfortable having it there, he's offered to person them cremated and person a memorial astatine his church, but nan family has declined,' Brittany said.

'But we started nan fundraiser because we're trying to fig retired really we're going to salary for 5 funerals.'