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03
2009
BREAKING NEWS :: PASTOR SHOT DEAD, OTHERS INJURED IN MARYSVILLE, ILL
VIA AHN
A man shot dead a pastor and injured five other people at the First Baptist Church in Maryville, Illinois on Sunday morning.
The church’s pastor was shot three times during the attack, police in Maryville said. Witnesses said the pastor invited the man onto the altar before he opened fire.
Parishioners rushed the man and subdued him, but not before he stabbed one of them, police said.
The wounded were flown by helicopter to St. Louis University Hospital. So far, police have no motive for the attack.
Maryville is located about 10 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri.
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