2 Dead, 7 Injured After Tenn. Church Shooting

Plus2 Dead, 7 Injured After Tenn. Church Shooting2 Dead, 7 Injured After Tenn. Church ShootingThe Associated Press2 people are dead and 7 injured after a man wielding a shotgun entered a church and opened fire. The gunman was tackled by church members and eventually taken into police custody. (July 27)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] ((wide of cop cars on the scene/church sign))Knoxville police say they've arrested the man who walked into this church and opened fire in the middle of Sunday morning service..killing an usher.(( Rev. Chris Buice:. "I will tell you we love Greg McKendry. We are grieving the loss of a wonderful man.")) ((closeup of flame))Members of the congregation were able to tackle the shooter to the ground but not before McKendry was dead and 8 others were injured. ((hospital exteriors))One of those hurt in the shooting died at the hospital and several others are in critical condition. ((Steve Drevik/Church member: Right now we're just praying (gets choked up) praying for everyone at the hospital.")) ((wide of church))There were about 200 people in the building at the time of the deadly incident. ((Steve Drevik/Church member: "It's just tragic. The children were putting on a production of "Annie" when he came in. We have plenty of eyewitnesses, we perhaps have camera footage because the production was going on.)) ((investigators walking/talking to members))Investigators say they've collected video cameras that were rolling during that show and they're talking to members of the congregation as well as the gunman.Jim Adkisson has been charged with murder and is being held on a million dollar bail.((Sterling Owens IV Knoxville Police Dept. Chief of Police SOT: It's going to be a while before all the facts are cleared up. Obviously any time you have an incident like this there are a lot of changes as time goes on and new info develops.)) ((wide of church))In the meantime...authorities aren't revealing much information about Adkisson, but they say they *don't* believe he was a member of the church.

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[TwilightNerd01]

im 14 yr. old Missionary Baptist and i was taught tht ur sposed to love everyone even if u dont approve of there actions but on this messages all u guys r sayin negative things. think about it if it was ur church and u were readin this wouldnt u want it to say stuff like "Your in our prayers" or anything positive. but wat they find is ppl argueing! im sorry if im not understanding this right or if ive afended anyone in anyway

[moahoah]

Guns in Church

George Carlin predicted this in his 1999 HBO Special "You Are All Diseased"

[eppsman808]

God's will. Those people that were injured and died was part of Gods great plan. Ask any true Bible believing Church goer. Everything happens for a reason. Just look in your heart and you will find the answer. For people that don't believe this they are not true believers of the Lord. Amen-Ra

[1newg]

I am not a liberal, and I attended the Knoxville UU church, but stopped going years before the shooting incident happened. More than likely gun advocates and other right wingers consider this to be a moral victory for their cause.

[PsychoPunk1965]

The shooter would be a Teabagger today if he didn't shoot at the church...

[AtlantoLemurian]

@ASONOFUNCLESAM

I'm sure Christian reich-wingers like you know you only have yourselves to blame from all the backlash you recieve your opponnets (gays, athiests, agnostics, liberals, etc) but, as always, you blame all of your self-created problems on people other than yourselves. By doing that, you're acting like spoiled rotten children unwilling to accept responsibility for your own actions, and the more you deny your misdeeds, the more you'll do yourselves in.

[AtlantoLemurian]

@ASONOFUNCLESAM

You know why the Christian 4th Reich (er, far right) is under assault? It'd because religious bigots like you stop at nothing to shove your beliefs down other peoples throats, and when those people (namely gays and liberals) lash out at your attempts to do so, you automatically put on this innocent victim facade and make it look like you're the victms of unprovoked bullying, when not only are you not the victims, but the contrary: The victimizers.

[AtlantoLemurian]

@ASONOFUNCLESAM

You know why the liberals have been trashing reich-wing christians like you? Because you trash non-christians at every turn, and when you get trashed back, you put on this innocent persecuted saint act, making yourselves look like the victims of unprovoked bullying when it's really the other way around. Please be honest and admit the fact reich-wing christians like you are the persecuters, not the persecuted you always portray yourselves as being.

[Malissa122]

whether or not religion would exist, people would still be angry about something.

[alterdbyme]

Religion attracts aggression.

[dakotagerman1]

What that means is that as one is more educated one is more aware of suffering. Have you heard the saying, "Ignorance is bliss."?

For example, if I would have stayed home in the small town I'm from, I would not have learned what I know of the human condition. The experience of living in a city for a while has taught me lessons.

[LeoWolfComedy]

Huh. Must be a different bible. The Christian one has this to say on the subject

"For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 1:18"