A prominent Fort Worth pastor is in Uvalde helping the community heal from Tuesday's tragedy.
The Rev. Kyev Tatum of the New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church is in Uvalde as part of Operation Compassion, an effort by the faith community to help that city heal from the mass shooting that killed 19 kids and two teachers.
"We felt it was our duty to come together and to do what we can to make this a moral outcry, as opposed to a political outcry," says Rev. Tatum. "When it's a moral outcry, you focus on the people. When it's political, you focus on the politics."
Tatum's church is teaming up with Faith Baptist Church in Uvalde to provide triage counseling and other support services to the community.
"The pastors wanted to make sure that in the middle of this void, that we're able to build a circle of compassion around Uvalde and just pour a lot of love into this city," Tatum says, "so that these people know that the world hurts with them; and together when we forgive, we'll be able to hit with them as well."
After making the five-hour drive from Fort Worth, the first thing that Tatum did was go into a mobile blood unit and donate blood.
"We know that the only thing that can replace that kind of void is love," says Tatum. "So I'm here to try to spread as much love as I can."
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