Posted on 05/21/2006 10:47:00 AM PDT by Cvengr
BATON ROUGE, La. — At least three people were killed and two others injured this morning by a gunman who opened fire at a church in north Baton Rouge, police said.
A manhunt was on for a suspect identified as Anthony Bell, 25, of Baton Rouge, who fled the church after abducting his wife and one of his three children, an infant, from the building, Sgt. Charles Armstong said.
Bell's two older children were found safe at their residence, Armstrong said.
Police received the call on the shooting around 10 a.m., around the time church services would normally be close to ending. "I'm assuming church was going on when the shooting occurred," Armstrong said.
Police said Bell drove off in a tan Chevrolet Impala.
The church is inside an old warehouse in a non-residential area of north Baton Rouge. It is surrounded by warehouses and various commercial businesses including a beauty shop, a bar and a guitar store.
FOX said apparently one of the people shot was the minister of the church.
Unbelievable.
Prayers for her and the baby. Too bad no one in the church was able to stop him.
If this shooting happened in Iraq it would be the top story and we'd be hearing about how horrible it was and how everything is a quagmire over there.
Ask me why I carry in church.
Not Jimmy Swaggart's church, however.
The press is describing the car at length (beige Nissan Maxima), the license plates, where the car was rented but nothing of the color of the perp's skin...is he white, chocolate, pink, yellow?
BATON ROUGE, La. -- A gunman opened fire at a church Sunday, killing five people before he abducted his wife and one of his children, police said.
A manhunt was on for a suspect identified as Anthony Bell, 25, of Baton Rouge, Sgt. Charles Armstrong said.
Bell fled the church after abducting his wife and the infant from the building, Armstrong said. The two older children were found safe at their home.
At least two others were injured in the shooting; their conditions were not immediately available, authorities said.
Police were called about the shooting around 10 a.m., around the time church services would normally be close to ending.
"I'm assuming church was going on when the shooting occurred," Armstrong said.
The shooting took place at The Ministry of Jesus Christ church, a small church sharing space in an old warehouse with a guitar shop. It is in a non-residential area, surrounded by warehouses and various commercial businesses.
Police cordoned off a nearby apartment complex early Sunday afternoon but it was unclear whether Bell was thought to be there.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/9250893/detail.html
Wife found shot dead at another location. Shooter in custody.
The baby?
My goodness . . .
Suspect Anthony Bell, 25, of Baton Rouge, was taken into custody at an apartment complex near the church. The child was not harmed.
I was just wondering why nobody shot this guy. Wasn't anyone in the congregation packing?
Those gun-free zones are sure working. Might as well paint the building with a bulls-eye.
This idiot will get all kinds of PROTECTION.....makes me sick....
monsters who KILL because they cannot control you....
yes- MONSTERS...
I have no patience for such SCUM.....
watch.. some attorney will blame his parents or her for him being "upset" and unable to deal with rejection....to the point that someone must DIE over his precious ego...
PATHETIC!
The shooter's wife has the last name of the minister of the church who was killed in the shooting according to Fox News.
Small churches usually have groups of families. He might have been a relative.
Church is a place of safety and sanctuary, not a place of death.
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