Shootings at U.S. Houses of Worship in Recent Years
The Associated Press has compiled a list of fatal shootings occuring at U.S. houses of worship since 2012.
26 Killed in Church Attack in Texas’ Deadliest Mass Shooting
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — A man dressed in black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault rifle opened fire inside a church in
After the Massacre, a Las Vegas Church Seizes the Chance to Serve
(RNS) — A mass shooting is a test for any religious institution, and a massacre like the one that left 58 dead and hundreds
Our world of (seemingly) senseless violence
Photos of two smiling young adults — one a TV news reporter and the other a cameraman — showed two people who appeared to be vibrantly alive. The headline above their pictures told something different: “Virginia TV reporter, photographer killed in shooting during live interview.”
Will we finally address the racial divide?
Bullets fired deliberately at close range killed nine African-American members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in historic Charleston, S.C., June 17.
Police ask judge to dismiss lawsuit over shooting of Georgia pastor
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (ABP) – Two north Georgia police officers have asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit against them for their use of deadly force in a 2009 shooting that claimed the life of a Baptist pastor.
Suspect in Ark. Democratic leader’s shooting death also threatened Baptist Building
By Charlie Warren and Robert Marus LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) — A man fitting the description of a suspect who shot and killed the chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party Aug. 13 menaced employees at the nearby Arkansas Baptist State Convention headquarters shortly thereafter.