03-08-2009, 10:45 AM
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Living in a Warmer Insanity
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Pastor Fatally Shot
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Illinois Pastor Fatally Shot During Service
Shooting at the First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill. Kills Pastor, Wounds Others
By KATIE ESCHERICH
March 8, 2009
A shooting during a morning church service outside St. Louis has left at least one person dead -- the church's pastor -- and several others wounded, officials said.
Pastor Fred Winters was fatally shot by a gunman during a service Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill.
The Rev. Fred Winters was at the pulpit at the First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill. at 8:15 a.m. local time when a man "walked down the aisle of the church," approached the pulpit and shot Winters in the chest with a .45 caliber handgun, said Trooper Ralph Timmins of the Illinois State Police, which is handling the investigation.
The gun then jammed, and the shooter then injured himself with a knife and subsequently was restrained by parishioners, Timmins said in a "preliminary release" left on his office voicemail recording. Approximately 150 people were in the church at the time.
Two parishioners who jumped on the shooter received "non-life-threatening" injuries from the knife, Timmins said.
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What the heck is wrong with people? Wonder what the reason behind this is?
Do me a favor and don't turn this thread into a gun rights debate.
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