church shooting
Man kills 3 daughters, 1 other, himself at California church
By Kathleen Ronayne and Christopher Weber — March 1, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators believe the shooting happened during a supervised visit with the children and that the fourth victim was their chaperone.
Maryland gov offers $100K for information on church killing
By Associated Press — November 18, 2021
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The 69-year-old grandmother's death inside an East Baltimore church "has shaken city residents and community leaders to the core," Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, said in a news release.
Court upholds death sentence for church shooter Dylann Roof
By Meg Kinnard and Denise Lavoie — August 25, 2021
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld Dylann Roof’s conviction and death sentence for the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation, saying the legal record cannot even capture the “full horror” of what he did. A unanimous three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of […]
Sheriff: Pastor dead, 2 hurt in shooting at Texas church
By Associated Press — January 3, 2021
(AP) — Finding a man hiding in a church bathroom, the pastor drew a gun and ordered the man to stop, the sheriff said, but the man grabbed the weapon and began shooting with it.
Five years after shooting, Mother Emanuel uneasily adapts as pilgrimage site
By Matthew J. Cressler — June 17, 2020
(RNS) — Before the pandemic struck, worship often included people from across the U.S. and some foreign countries, come to pray at what they take to be a sacred site.
Texas church grieves, prays, sings after deadly shooting
By Bobby Ross Jr. — December 31, 2019
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (RNS) — 'There is evil in this world, and evil took two of my dear friends yesterday,' minister Britt Farmer told congregants Monday. 'Not a bullet from a gun — evil. Not ideology — evil.'
Firearms instructor took out gunman at Texas church service
By Jake Bleiberg — December 30, 2019
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said authorities 'can't prevent mental illness from occurring, and we can't prevent every crazy person from pulling a gun. But we can be prepared like this church was.'
2 dead, 1 hurt in shooting at church near Fort Worth, Texas
By Associated Press — December 29, 2019
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) — Congregants shot and killed a man who opened fire in a church near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, killing the attacker, police said. A person shot by the suspect also died and a second parishioner has life-threatening injuries following the attack at the West Freeway Church of Christ, White Settlement […]
Pastor whose child was shot at Texas church runs for office
By The Associated Press — August 26, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Frank Pomeroy had not been outspoken politically in the two years since a discharged Air Force airman with a history of violence opened fire in the church where the gunman's wife and mother-in-law attended, killing 22 people.
Texas church opens new sanctuary 18 months after massacre
By Clarice Silber — May 20, 2019
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — A South Texas church unveiled a new sanctuary a year and a half after a gunman killed more than two dozen congregants in the deadliest mass shooting in state history.
Why Americans have long been fascinated by gunfighting preachers
By Steve Pinkerton — July 3, 2018
(The Conversation) — There is a long line of well-armed American preachers -- both real and fictional -- in U.S. history and culture, confirming perhaps the view that true justice cannot be enforced by institutions alone.
Lawsuit: Government negligent in Texas church massacre
By Yonat Shimron — June 10, 2018
DALLAS (AP) — The suit, filed in federal court in San Antonio, alleges the the military failed to enter the information into a database used to conduct background checks of gun buyers.
6 months after massacre, Sutherland Springs pastor says nation should put God first
By Adelle M. Banks — May 4, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'From the blood that was spilled, from the ashes, glory is rising,' said Pastor Frank Pomeroy.
Prayer and a packing pastor: A church’s response to mass shooting
By Yonat Shimron — February 23, 2018
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (RNS) — In this dusty crossroads town of 600 people with one blinking red light, church members have taken a starkly different approach from that of the Florida high school students agitating for change.
Virginia Senate passes bill to allow guns in churches
By Alan Suderman — January 24, 2018
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The measure comes in response to a deadly church shooting in Texas.
