{
  "id": 9134734,
  "title": "Heavenly fire - Witness recounts Pathways leader’s alleged shooting rampage as cops, soldiers arrived at church",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/heavenly-fire-witness-recounts-pathways-leaders-alleged-shooting-9134734",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T05:07:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/index%2ephp/article/news/20260922/heavenly-fire-witness-recounts-pathways-leaders-alleged-shooting-rampage-cops"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The late leader of the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries had reportedly claimed to be the prophet ‘Elijah’ and tried to summon heavenly fire before shooting at cops during a bloody 2021 service at the church. “Mr [Kevin] Smith started to say he was Elijah and just as Elijah called down fire from Heaven to consume the army. [He said,] ‘If I be a prophet of God and the word from…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Jamaica Gleaner",
        "title": "Heavenly fire - Witness recounts Pathways leader’s alleged shooting rampage as cops, soldiers arrived at church",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/heavenly-fire-witness-recounts-pathways-leaders-alleged-shooting",
        "published": "2026-09-22T05:07:41.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}