He probably assumed that all Christians are nothing but sheep, unwilling to defend themselves because it's the "Christian" thing to do.
We're starting to learn a little more about him. A little more than that, at least:
The shooter at both a missionary center and a church Sunday in Colorado was a man who once worked on a mission with the center, a source familiar with the events said Monday.More at CNN report *here*.
Worshippers pray outside New Life Church in Colorado Springs after Sunday's shootings.
The source said the gunman -- who was killed by a security guard at the site of the second shooting -- was Matthew Murray.
The shootings left four people dead, in addition to the gunman, and five wounded.
The source -- a long-time member of New Life Church, site of the second shooting -- said Murray had a falling out with Youth With a Mission after working with the organization a couple of years ago and that he sent antagonistic and threatening correspondence afterward.
Murray fired on people at the missionary center in Arvada early Sunday, then drove to New Life Church in Colorado Springs, where the center has a satellite office, the source said.
Murray, carrying a great deal of ammunition, threw a smoke grenade into an area in which some people were gathered at the church after services, then got in his car and drove around to a different entrance, where he fired into a car -- killing two teenage girls and wounding their father, the source said.
Murray apparently fired at other cars as well, the source said.
A security guard confronted him and shot him.
The source said there were three security guards in the area of the shooting, only one of whom had a weapon. That guard fired at him, causing him to fall down, and she told him to drop his weapon, the source said. But Murray appeared to try to grab something that may have been a grenade, so the guard shot him again, the source said.
No one has spoken publicly on behalf of Murray, and authorities have not commented on the source's description of what occurred.
This makes the whole thing fall into place a bit. However, it's odd that the member of New Life Church knew him when the pastor has said that the church did not know him. Actually, it's not odd. It's just odd that the pastor would say that when he doesn't even know who's in his church.