By NBC News staff
Updated at 11:48 a.m. ET: A man wearing a suit and tie on Wednesday entered a chapel at an Atlanta-area megachurch headed by televangelist Creflo Dollar and shot another man during a prayer service, police and local media reported.
The shooting happened Wednesday morning at the chapel at World Changers Church International's main campus in College Park, Ga., Fulton County police told NBC News.
The gunman walked into the chapel and shot a 48-year-old church staff member?during a Bible study prayer service, WXIA-TV?reported.
The victim was transported to South Fulton Hospital where he later died, ajc.com reported.?
The suspect, described as a man in his thirties wearing a suit and tie, fled the scene, WXIA reported.
World Changers Church has about 20 campuses throughout the country. The church founded by Dollar, who is its senior pastor, claims about 30,000 members and has an $18 million, 8,500-seat sanctuary about 15 miles from downtown Atlanta. Dollar was not injured, WXIA reported.
Dollar, who's known for his pinstriped suits and charismatic sermons, has written several books offering followers his advice on how to get out of debt and take lessons from the Bible in building wealth so they can better live as Christians.
Edgar Zuniga, NBC News Atlanta, contributed to this story.
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