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(Gossip-Grind News) Suspected Child Killer Shot At Bishop Eddie Long’s Church:

Nicholas Wade, a suspect in the killing of his girlfriend’s baby was shot by police in the parking lot of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Wednesday afternoon. The megachurch is run by senior pastor Bishop Eddie Long.

According to AJC:

According to Lt. Kyle Jones with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were pursuing Nicholas Clarence Wade on a murder warrant.
“They were able to track the subject to this church,” he told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Wade, 27, of Lithonia, is accused of killing an 18-month-old boy Monday, according to a police report.

Wade’s girlfriend, Jillian Belk, told police she left her son, Keon Belk, with Wade shortly after 5 a.m. Monday, the police report states. Wade later called his girlfriend from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston with the toddler, according to police.
Wade told Belk the child was having difficulty breathing, so he called 911. The boy was in cardiac arrest when paramedics arrived, the police report states. The toddler, who later died, had a cracked liver and fractured skull, according to police.
On Wednesday, Wade, who was armed with a sawed-off shotgun, pointed the gun at himself then at the deputy, prompting another deputy to shoot him, DeKalb County Sheriff Thomas Brown said. The deputies were not injured.

A spokesman for the church said the “shooting is completely unrelated to New Birth.”

“The deputies chased the suspect onto church property where the shooting occurred,” Art Franklin told Channel 2 Action News. “The suspect has no affiliation to the church.”
Wade was shot three times, once in the leg, once in the face, and once in the neck, Brown said. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in stable condition, he said.

Wade will be moved to the Dekalb County Jail after being treated for his injuries at the hospital.