An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Murder in Church
BREAKING NEWS: One dead in Tennessee church shooting
A gunman opened fire during a Sunday morning church service in Knoxville, Tenn., killing one church member and injuring several others.
The gunman entered the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and opened fire as congregants watched a youth performance Sunday, sending several people to the hospital. One of the wounded has since died.
None of the children were injured, said a church member who arrived moments after the shooting. The gunmen was tackled after firing three times with a shotgun, church member Steve Drevick said.
Police: 1 dead, 8 hurt in church shooting; supect in custody
Greg McKendry has died after a witness said he stood in front of a gunman who opened fire this morning at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, the victim’s foster son said.
“Make sure everyone knows that Greg McKendry was a hero, a total hero,” Taylor Bessette said of the man who has been his foster father just a few months.
Witness Barbara Kemper said, “Greg McKendry stood in the front of the gunman and took the blast to protect the rest of us.”
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Update:
Second victim dies in church shooting
A Tennessee city official says a second victim has died from injuries suffered in a shooting at a church youth performance.
Knoxville spokesman Randall Kenner says 61-year-old Linda Kraeger died at University of Tennessee Medical Center on Sunday, several hours after the shooting. Sixty-year-old Greg McKendry died earlier in the day.
Fifty-eight-year-old Jim Adkisson is in custody and charged with first-degree murder in the shootings that also left seven injured.
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