'As I was bending down to kiss her and say how sorry I was that's when she grabbed me and said 'Help my grandson. Linda Adams describes her brief run in with Snow in the moments before others at the funeral called 911. Several streets around the church were temporarily closed while police were involved in a standoff.
I don't think he was here to hurt anyone,' pastor Dexter Johnson said. The young man that's allegedly barred inside the church, that's his granddad. Police don't know if the grandson is actually armed in the church bathroom, but armed officers are in place around the building. The church's pastor said Ward's grandson got into an argument with someone at the funeral and that's when police were called. The funeral at Higher Ground Empowerment Church was for a 94-year-old man. Police said they did not find any weapons on Snow when they arrested him.