Tennessee pastor tackles man who pointed gun at people during church service, police say - USA TODAY

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Nashville pastor is being hailed a hero by his congregation after he tackled a man waving a gun in the air and pointing it at people during a church service Sunday, police said. 

No shots were fired and no one was injured during the incident at Nashville Light Mission Pentecostal Church, the Metro Nashville Police Department reported.

Police identified the man with the gun as 26-year-old Dezire Baganda. Records show he faces 15 charges of felony aggravated assault. More charges are expected to come early this week, MNPD said.

On Monday, Baganda remained jailed in Davidson County on a $375,000 bond. He is set to appear before a judge Wednesday, court records show. 

"God was taking care of me and everyone else in the building," Nzojibugami Noe, who sat in the sanctuary's front row and watched the incident unfold, told The Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY Network, on Monday. 

Noe, a choir and church member, identified the pastor as Ezekiel Ndikumana.

Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said the pastor was praying with several members at the altar as the suspect was sitting in a row off to the right side of him.