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Created by dipity on Jun 23, 2009
Last updated: 06/25/09 at 09:44 PM
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Late-term abortion doctor, George Tiller, was shot and killed at the Reformation Lutheran Church during Sunday service.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/us/01tiller.html
Terry Sedlacek, whose family said had suffered from Lyme disease for years, stood up during Sunday service and shot and killed pastor Fred Winters at the First Baptist Church. He wounded to others. There is no definite relationship between Lyme disease and mental illness.
Steve Smick walked into the well-known Crystal Cathedral, knelt down in front of a cross and shot himself in the head. When he walked in he had handed a note to a church greeter. Smick had had a long history of mental illness.
http://www.ocregister.com/photos/smick-friends-voices-2326077-demons-mental
Dennis John Malloosseril was shot and killed at the St. Thomas Syrian Orthodox Knanaya Church when he tried to break up a fight between Joseph Pallipurath and his estranged wife Reshma James. Pallipurath had driven from California to the church to confront her. He also killed her.
http://blog.nj.com/ledgerarchives/2009/02/honoring_a_life_lived_in_pursu.html#more
An unemployed truck driver, Jim D. Adkisson, killed two people after opening fire at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. He pulled a gun out of a guitar case and started shooting during a children's performance of the musical "Annie." Adkisson had left a note that suggested that he targeted the congregation because of his hatred for its liberal policies and acceptance of gays.
A man shot and killed two church members at the New Life Church right before Sunday services ended. A female security guard shot and killed the gunman after he wounded two more people.
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/2nd-victim-dies-in-new-life-church-shootings/2537956201
Eiken Elam Saimon opened fire in the First Congregational Church and killed a pastor and two others. He also wounded several other people.
http://www.kmbc.com/news/13879598/detail.html
Anthony Bell killed four of his in-laws at the Ministry of Jesus Christ Church during a service and then abducted and killed his wife.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7679342
A man opens fire in the Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church, killing a woman and wounding two others during a service. Kevin Lorenzo Collins, the suspect, killed himself afterwards.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7679342
Freddie L. Cranshaw killed two men and a pastor in the parking lot of the Sash Assembly of God church, from which he lived across the street. He then killed two women in a truck. The police found him dead in his home after a nine-hour standoff.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7679342
Terry Ratzmann opened fire in a Sheraton Hotel where the Living Church of God met for services, and kills five people including himself. Three other people died later at the hospital. Ratzmann was a member of the church and had recently lost his job, but gave no other reason as to why he wanted to kill himself and others.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7679342
The longtime conductor of the Crystal Cathedral Orchestra, Johnny Carl, commits suicide at the cathedral after an argument with another employee and a nine-hour standoff.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7679342
Sheilia W. Chaney Wilson shot her mother and a reverend in the sanctuary of Turner Monumental AME Church before Sunday service began.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7679342
Larry Ashbrook opens fire in the Wedgewood Baptist Church while a service for teenagers was taking place. He killed seven, wounded seven and then committed suicide. Neighbors had referred to him as "Crazy Larry."
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7679342
Five men enter Queen of Vietnamese Martyrs Church seriously wounding a church handyman and kicking and pistol-whipping parishioners. They also rob parishioners of cash and jewelry.
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