By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Monday, April 06, 2026

A Maryland pastor who said he was shot and carjacked at his home last Wednesday showed up at his pulpit full of praise and a testimony on Easter Sunday that sent his congregation into frenetic exultation as he recounted how he was protected by a “bulletproof God.”

“So you ain't gonna stop my praise because you could have got a phone call that your pastor died. You could have got a phone call that said we got to get ready for a funeral,” Pastor Rashad Singletary of Mt. Olive Baptist Church of Turner Station in Dundalk, Maryland, who also serves as the deputy public information officer for the Baltimore Fire Department, told his congregation.

“But touch your neighbor and say, ‘Neighbor, God is a keeper. He'll keep you.’ When the devil comes after you like a flood. He'll raise up a standard against you. I know I'm not supposed to be here. But I will bless the Lord,” he declared as he got up from a stool at his pulpit while rejecting supportive help from his assistants.

Singletary said that at about 11 p.m. last Wednesday, he went to move around cars in the driveway at his house when a man suddenly emerged from a bush and told him, “Don't scream. Don't make any noise. Give me the keys.”

He said before he could fully register what was happening, the man pulled out a 9mm Glock and fired a single shot. The gunman then took the keys to one of his vehicles and sped off. The pastor said without thinking, he jumped in another vehicle and briefly gave chase until the Holy Spirit said, “Stop.”

The Maryland pastor said at that point he realized he wasn’t armed and didn’t have a phone on him. He also realized he was bleeding, so he returned home to his family, and they alerted the police.

At the hospital, he was treated for a bullet wound that fractured his foot.

“The devil thought he could stop me by getting me shot this week. Well, turn to your neighbor and say, ‘Neighbor. He is a bulletproof God.’ And I told the devil, ‘You came after me, now I'm coming after you. I'm not gonna stay in the house. I ain't scared of nothing,’” Singletary declared.

“Touch your neighbor and say, 'Neighbor, if God be for me, He's more than the world against me. Can’t no bullet stop you. Can’t no demon stop you. Can't no witch or warlock stop you. When you covered by the blood [of Jesus], you can give God a praise even when it looks bad,'” he added.

Despite nearly losing his life during the carjacking, Singletary also publicly forgave the man who shot him.

“There's no bullet in my foot. The bullet came right through my shoe, went right through my foot, and came out the bottom of my shoe. The only thing is, my foot is fractured, and I'm waiting for my foot to get healed, but I'm still here,” he said.

“It’s OK to be upset. It’s OK to be frustrated, but by the same token, have mercy on individuals because you never know what drove them to that space,” he told his congregants.

In an interview with The Banner after the service, he confirmed that he had forgiven the gunman.

“I’ve already forgiven that young man,” he said. “Gun violence is not normal and we have to understand that the individual who decides to operate in that activity, they’re looking for something.”

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