At Least Four Shot at Colorado Springs Church

Authorities in Colorado say at least four people have been shot outside a church in Colorado Springs.

[Stating the obvious]

Sad situation...what is wrong with some people???? Prayers of peace and blessings to the victims and their families.

[Nowelfare]

Was it a member of the religion of peace that did the shooting??

[BWG]

Many people are expressing relief that a volunteer security guard used her own gun to stop a man on a shooting spree Sunday. "She probably saved over 100 lives," the Brady Boyd, the pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, said on Monday. The female guard, a church member dressed in plain clothes, killed the gunman after he opened fire at the mega-church. Boyd said she "rushed toward the attacker and took him down in the hallway" as he entered the building. The shooting erupted around 1 p.m., at the end of a service, when 7,000 people were either inside the New Life Church or just leaving. "He was just walking and shooting," the Denver Post quoted one witness as saying. The gunman, still unidentified, shot at least eight people, killing two teenage sisters, the pastor said. The girls were 16 and 18 years old. Their father, also shot, is listed in father condition. The gunman is believed to be the same young man who shot and killed two people earlier the same day at a missionary training center in suburban Denver. In that case, the gunman opened fire, reportedly after he was refused permission to spend the night at the missionary center. The gunman was described as skinny, in his 20s, about 6 feet tall and dressed in black, police said. KUSA-TV reported that the gunman was wearing a "tactical helmet and body armor." The church's pastor said the New Life Church "prepared in advance" for a possible attack, after hearing about the shooting at the missionary training center.

[Pillory Hillory]

BWG wrote:

Many people are expressing relief that a volunteer security guard used her own gun to stop a man on a shooting spree Sunday. "She probably saved over 100 lives," the Brady Boyd, the pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, said on Monday. The female guard, a church member dressed in plain clothes, killed the gunman after he opened fire at the mega-church. Boyd said she "rushed toward the attacker and took him down in the hallway" as he entered the building. The shooting erupted around 1 p.m., at the end of a service, when 7,000 people were either inside the New Life Church or just leaving. "He was just walking and shooting," the Denver Post quoted one witness as saying. The gunman, still unidentified, shot at least eight people, killing two teenage sisters, the pastor said. The girls were 16 and 18 years old. Their father, also shot, is listed in father condition. The gunman is believed to be the same young man who shot and killed two people earlier the same day at a missionary training center in suburban Denver. In that case, the gunman opened fire, reportedly after he was refused permission to spend the night at the missionary center. The gunman was described as skinny, in his 20s, about 6 feet tall and dressed in black, police said. KUSA-TV reported that the gunman was wearing a "tactical helmet and body armor." The church's pastor said the New Life Church "prepared in advance" for a possible attack, after hearing about the shooting at the missionary training center.

What is a "father" condition, anyway!? Also, why are you describing him as black? Black, white, green, yellow, red, it wasn't the boys fault. it was a nation's fault- a nation obsessed with guns! The gun did it, and like all other guns should have be banned!(Squirt pistols included, Mr. Captain Telegram!!)If that boy didn't have that nasty, old gun, this wouldn't have occurred. that gun spouted off its mouth and caused the problem. Remember to vote Democrat in 2008!

[Robert]

Yes, that's right. It was the gun that caused this man to have no value for human life and lash out at society in a completely irrational manner....

[Queue]

Pillory Hillory wrote:

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What is a "father" condition, anyway!? Also, why are you describing him as black? Black, white, green, yellow, red, it wasn't the boys fault. it was a nation's fault- a nation obsessed with guns! The gun did it, and like all other guns should have be banned!(Squirt pistols included, Mr. Captain Telegram!!)If that boy didn't have that nasty, old gun, this wouldn't have occurred. that gun spouted off its mouth and caused the problem. Remember to vote Democrat in 2008!

Absolutely right. And the next time I get a speeding ticket, I'm going to the judge and tell him the car did it, and recommend banning cars.

"If guns cause murder, pencils cause misspelled words".