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To: esarlls3; Reno232; magritte; netmilsmom; Choose Ye This Day; bone52; JDW11235; Normandy; 1010RD; ...

Visalia police identified the man who they say shot and killed Sannar on Monday morning. He is identified as 47-year-old Kenneth James Ward of Modesto, Calif.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700061255/Mormon-bishop-fatally-shot-in-California-chapel-gunman-killed.html

7.Learning More about a Suspected Killer

13 hrs ago | CBS 47

Stanislaus County court records show that in 2000, Kenneth Ward and his wife both attempted suicide, suffocated their pets, and wrote anti-gay and anti Mormon slurs on their apartment walls. Comment?

Related Topix: Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Gay/Lesbian

8.Visalia church shooting suspect drew 3 years’ probation in 2004 for threats in Modesto

3 hrs ago | Tulare Advance-Register

Kenneth James Ward had made criminal threats before Sunday’s fatal shooting of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints official, according to Stanislaus County court records. Comment?

Related Topix: Modesto, CA, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)

9.More Information About the Suspect Kenneth Ward

13 hrs ago | CBS 47

Stanislaus county court shows in 2000, Ward and his wife both attempted suicide, suffocated their pets, and wrote anti-gay and anti Mormon slurs on their apartment walls. Comment?

Related Topix: Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Gay/Lesbian

10.Man had been arrested in Modesto for making criminal threats before killing bishop

12 hrs ago | Tulare Advance-Register

... and terrorists threats in Modesto. The circumstances of the arrests are not being made public, however a Stanislaus County court worker said that a man named Kenneth Ward, who is the same age as the suspect, had been arrested in 2004 for making ... Comment?

Related Topix: Modesto, CA, Visalia, CA, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Religion

11.Documents: Mormon Church Shooter Made Terror Threats Against Modesto PD Official w/Photo

19 hrs ago | KTXL-TV Sacramento

... to stay away from members of the Mormon church, including a church located at 731 El Vista Avenue in Stanislaus County. Ward’s brother, Mike Ward, told a newspaper that his brother did not know Clay Sannar, a church leader in Visalia whom Ward is ... Comment?

Related Topix: Modesto, CA, Visalia, CA

http://www.topix.com/wire/county/stanislaus-ca


193 posted on 08/31/2010 11:51:14 AM PDT by restornu
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To: restornu
This story seems to have a lot more to do with mental illness than religion.

Like the Gunman killed inside Tennessee high school story, they both had multiple encounters with law enforcement for years before they escalated to armed assault and suicide by police.

199 posted on 08/31/2010 12:19:18 PM PDT by esarlls3
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