Six people were hurt, two seriously, after a man walked into a church in Knoxville, Tenn., Sunday and started shooting while kids were performing a play there.
None of the kids was hurt, according to FOX affiliate WATE-TV, who said none of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Church members claimed to recognize the suspected shooter.
"He started firing with a shotgun," Whitney Holmes, a reporter for WATE told FOX News. "It happened about 20 minutes into the service."
Channing Smith, a reporter for WIVK-FM, told FOX News that the suspect had long, blond hair and was in his 40s. He was wearing jeans and a T-shirt.
"Church members say he did not appear to be a member of their church," Smith said. "They aren't sure why he was there."
Thirteen shots were fired before the man was overtaken by members of the church, who held him until police arrived.
"He did not give a fight," Holmes said.
One church member told Smith the shooter may have stopped firing when he ran out of ammunition. The incident occurred a little after 10 a.m.
The children were performing the play "Annie Jr." when the shooter entered. Smith said the victims were all taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
The motivations behind these things are always confusing. Sometimes the shooter is just looking for a church to take his rage out on, and it doesn't even matter what kind of church it is.
UPDATE: Two dead so far.
UPDATE 2: "The man accused of a mass church shooting this morning was described by his Powell neighbors as a helpful and kind man, but one who had issues with Christianity."
Well, then he picked the wrong church. Unitarian Universalists hardly qualify as Christians. They're one of those new age "we believe God is in everything" denominations. I used to insure quite a few of them in San Diego County.
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