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5 shot at Illinois church, police say
CNN ^ | 3/08/09 | cnn

Posted on 03/08/2009 9:10:56 AM PDT by armymarinemom

(CNN) -- Five people, including a church pastor, were shot inside the First Baptist Church of Maryville, Illinois, a police dispatcher told CNN on Sunday.

The shooting occurred during a church service, the dispatcher said. The suspect was stabbed by parishioners who wrestled him to the ground.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: banglist; baptist; churchattack; churchshooting; fredwinters; freedom; illinois; maryville; pastor; sedlacek; shooting; tm
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1 posted on 03/08/2009 9:10:56 AM PDT by armymarinemom
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To: armymarinemom

Prayers for the wounded and families of the injured or killed.


2 posted on 03/08/2009 9:13:05 AM PDT by SeminoleSoldier
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To: armymarinemom

One of the largest churches in the Phoenix metro area recently held a CCW class AT the church. There were more than 120 people in attendance. At first I thought they held the class because of interest and demand, but I wonder now if it might also be a way to help insure something like this doesn’t take place there.


3 posted on 03/08/2009 9:14:46 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie ("Let his days be few, and let another take his office." Psalm 109:8)
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Church must be in a rough neighborhood! Someone pulls out a gun, and the parishioners pull out their shivs!
4 posted on 03/08/2009 9:17:17 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: armymarinemom

http://www.fbmaryville.org/aboutus/welcome.cfm


5 posted on 03/08/2009 9:18:35 AM PDT by LA Woman3
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To: ChocChipCookie

I have been hearing about more and more Church’s having security.


6 posted on 03/08/2009 9:18:37 AM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: armymarinemom

It doesn’t say whether anyone was arrested or whether the perp was carried out dead.


7 posted on 03/08/2009 9:19:15 AM PDT by arthurus ( H.L. Mencken said, "Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.")
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Honestly we have a low crime rate in Maine but a lot of people carry leatherman tools.


8 posted on 03/08/2009 9:19:42 AM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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Church must be in a rough neighborhood! Someone pulls out a gun, and the parishioners pull out their shivs!

That's what I first thought. Now I'm not so sure.

Here's a photo of the pastor and his family from the church's web page.

I'm guessing this isn't one of those thugged-out urban churches.

9 posted on 03/08/2009 9:21:56 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: armymarinemom

I couldn’t find a picture of the church at the website, but here’s “Meet our pastor”:

http://www.fbmaryville.org/aboutus/welcome.cfm


10 posted on 03/08/2009 9:22:05 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Is the perp’s name Mohammed?


11 posted on 03/08/2009 9:22:10 AM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: armymarinemom

Can’t this be considered terrorism under the new laws of Homeland Security?


12 posted on 03/08/2009 9:22:30 AM PDT by md2576 (Power Corrupts: Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.)
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To: Drew68

You beat me to it.


13 posted on 03/08/2009 9:22:44 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

"You brought a knife to a gunfight?!!"

14 posted on 03/08/2009 9:23:06 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: armymarinemom

We go to a large church with multiple services, but they make sure there are people in each service with CCW permits that do carry...some folks are on staff, some just part of the volunteer security detail.


15 posted on 03/08/2009 9:24:34 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: armymarinemom

I thought that Illinois gun laws prevented this from happening?


16 posted on 03/08/2009 9:25:12 AM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: Cicero

What a nice looking family. Prayers going out to everyone.


17 posted on 03/08/2009 9:25:46 AM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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18 posted on 03/08/2009 9:26:21 AM PDT by LA Woman3
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....and Arkansas just shot down (pardon the pun) a bill that would remove Churches as a prohibited place under the Arkansas Concealed Handgun Carry Law.

Idiot Demoncrats and pastors argued that: "Churches are sancutaries, not armories".

Henry Bowman's of Arkansas should pay everyone in that Senate Sub-Committee a personal little visit.

I can prove, yet again, that liberal "feelings" usually have good intentions, but ALWAYS result in someone being hurt or killed.

We need to ban liberals from church, NOT GUNS.

19 posted on 03/08/2009 9:26:29 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims. Execute child molesters RFN!)
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To: BulletBobCo
I thought that Illinois gun laws prevented this from happening?

Illinois gun laws keep people from protecting themselves and as in this case, using knives in a gun fight.

20 posted on 03/08/2009 9:26:38 AM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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