Pastor Used Bible to Deflect Bullets: ; Police Say Attendants First Believed the Shooting Was a Skit for Service
Charleston Daily Mail › March 10, 2009
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MARYVILLE, Ill. - A pastor shot and killed during his Sunday sermon deflected the first of the gunman's four rounds with a Bible, spraying a confetti of paper into the air during a horrifying scene that congregants initially thought was a skit, police said.
The gunman strode down the aisle of the sprawling First Baptist Church shortly after 8 a.m. and briefly spoke with The Rev. Fred Winters before pulling out a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol and shooting at the pastor, Illinois State Police Director Larry Trent said.See the full content of this document
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Pastor Used Bible to Deflect Bullets: ; Police Say Attendants First Believed the Shooting Was a Skit for Service
"We thought it was part of a drama skit ... when he shot, what you saw was confetti," said congregant Linda Cunningham, whose husband is a minister of adult education at the church....
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