CNN) -- Seven people were shot and critically wounded Sunday at a Unitarian church in Knoxville, Tennessee, authorities said.
Police have arrested a suspect in the attack, which occurred about 10 a.m. ET at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, said Capt. Brent Seymour, a Knoxville Fire Department spokesman.
According to church members, children from the congregation's summer theater workshop were preforming the musical "Annie" when the gunman opened fire, WVLT reported.
The seven gunshot victims were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center -- located just across the Tennessee River from the church -- Seymour said. About 12 others were treated for minor injuries at the church, he said.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
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Two have died so far. WBIR of Knoxville reports that the shooter wanted to strike a blow at a "liberal movement." http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=61360&catid=2
I just checked the UUWorld website and found out that just a few days ago another UU church was shot at in Charleston W.V., though no one was hurt. "Moore's mother told police she saw her son fire a World War II rifle at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church next door to their home...." http://www.dailymail.com/News/200807250132 Refering to Sunday's shooting, Sara Robinson over at Orcinus may be right when she says that this could have been any UU church in America. "If the right wing ever does turn its anti-liberal crusade into a shooting war, it's easy to predict that the country's UU churches will be among their first targets." (dneiwert.blogspot.com Scroll down to the 7/28/08 entry "Of Madmen and Martyrs.")
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