Tennessee Church Shooting

[ShaE]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080728/...yND2wiZ_tg.3QA



Two dead, 7 wounded in Tennessee church shooting Mon Jul 28, 7:22 AM ET



A man opened fire with a shotgun in a church in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Sunday, killing two people, including a man called a hero for shielding others from a shotgun blast, police and local media reported.
Seven others were wounded, four critically, police said.
The gunman was tackled by church-goers and taken into custody by police. He was charged later with first-degree murder, but police declined to give a motive for the shooting and the Tennessean newspaper said his motive remained unknown.
Jim D. Adkisson, 58, of Powell, Tennessee, was being held on a $1 million bond at the Knox County Detention Center, said Randall Kenner, communications coordinator for the city of Knoxville.
The gunman apparently concealed a 12-gauge shotgun until he entered the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and then fired several shots before being subdued, police said.
Four people were listed in critical condition and one in serious condition at the University of Tennessee Medical Center suffering from gunshot wounds, hospital spokeswoman Becky Thompson said.
One other person was treated for gunshot wounds and released, she said, declining to identify the patients.
Another church-goer was treated at Fort Saunders Regional Medical Center for a non-gunshot injury and then released, hospital spokeswoman Kimberly O'Neal said.
The attack happened as children were singing for the congregation, and police are reviewing video recordings made by church members to see if they captured the assault, Knoxville Police Chief Sterling Owen told reporters.
No children were harmed in the attack.
There was no evidence he had been to the church before and he had apparently said nothing before firing, Owen said. The FBI is assisting in the investigation, he said.
Owen identified the man who was killed as he stood in front of the shooter as Greg McKendry, 60, a church member who apparently was the first person the gunman encountered. The Tennessean said McKendry stood in front of the gunman and shielded others from a shotgun blast.
Linda Kraeger, 61, died at the University of Tennessee Medical Center a few hours after the shooting.
The shooting was reported to police at 10:18 a.m. EDT and the first officer arrived at the church within minutes, taking the gunman into custody from the congregants, Owen said.
(Reporting by David Bailey; Additional reporting by Pat Harris in Nashville; Editing by

[ShaE]

More on his motive:
hatred of the "liberal movement" and a futile job search is grounds to kill churchgoers? awful.

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Enlarge By Clay Owen, Knoxville News Sentinel via AP Anna Fraser of Knoxville lays flowers near the front driveway of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville following a Sunday shooting during a children's play. Yahoo! Buzz Digg Newsvine Reddit Facebook What's this? By Alan Gomez and Donna Leinwand, USA TODAY The man charged with killing two people in a church shooting expressed hatred of "the liberal movement" and frustration at his futile job search, said police chief Sterling Owen of Knoxville, Tenn. [i]Parishioners said the gunman pulled a 12-gauge shotgun from a guitar case and started shooting as children performed Annie Jr. in the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, Owen said. The FBI is investigating the shooting, in which seven others were injured, in case it was a hate crime, Owen said. VIDEO: Police say suspect was angered over lack of job CHURCH SHOOTING: Victim remembered as hero

[chris817]

if only we allowed priests to carry guns in church this never would of happened

[ShaE]

if only we allowed priests to carry guns in church this never would of happened

lol
holy weaponry made me think of this, I think you're a monty python fan lol

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Holy_Ha...ade_of_Antioch




From the Book of Armaments:

Armaments, 2:9-21

(2:9) And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O LORD, bless this Thy hand grenade that, with it, Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits in Thy mercy."
(2:10) And the LORD didst grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and large chunks of oatmeal and bananas and raisins and koalas and blueberries.
(2:11) And all were greatly overwhelmed by this sight.
(2:12) But one didst come forth, like a son of the Fire, who cried out, "Let this man not deceive you, for he doth lie."
(2:13) And he put an anchovy to his hand, and it burst forth into flame.
(2:14) And so there was great confusion as to whom was the servant of the LORD.
(2:15) So Saint Attila raised his voice to the LORD, saying, "O LORD, tell me, thy servant, how to use this Thy hand grenade that, with it, Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits in Thy mercy."
(2:16) And the LORD spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin.
(2:17) "Then, shalt thou count to three; no more, no less.
(2:18) "Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three.
(2:19) "Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three.
(2:20) "Five is right out.
(2:21) "Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."
(2:22) "So Saint Atilla raised his grenade at his foes, and he has begun to take out the Holy Pin and counted."
(2:23) "One...Two...Five." "Three, Sir." "THREE!"

[JustLikeHeaven]

Wow was he being serious lol? Omg i thought he was being sarcastic.

[ShaE]

Wow was he being serious lol? Omg i thought he was being sarcastic.

nah chris is totally being sarcastic lol
priests and guns just made my twisted mind think of the priest in a monty python movie & his trusty holy hand grenade lol

one of the funniest movies of all time.

[Defekted]

These are the people who hate liberals??? tisk tisk.

[ShaE]

These are the people who hate liberals??? tisk tisk.

To use Jamez' phrase, It's quite simple really. This bona fide American patriot was merely rebelling against the menacing liberal presence in our nation (which no doubt is responsible for his joblessness), by exercising the rights afforded him by the 2nd Amendment, all while toeing the lines of church and state. Because churches in Tennessee are TEEMING with liberals. Naturally.

What good is it being able to bear arms if you can't go shoot up a church when your unemployment runs out?

[chris817]

Wow was he being serious lol? Omg i thought he was being sarcastic.