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To: NonValueAdded

A case in point. The Works girls were killed in the parking lot; Jeanne Assam put the gunman down when he enteredthe building.

Main article: 2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings

On December 9, 2007, a gunman opened fire in the New Life Church, striking four people and killing two, sisters Rachel and Stephanie Works. Jeanne Assam, a church security volunteer, shot and wounded the gunman who then killed himself.[10]

The gunman, identified as Matthew Murray age 24, was formerly a missionary-in-training with Youth With A Mission and was from a devout Christian family.[11]

About the shooting, Jeanne Assam said, “I just prayed for the Holy Spirit to guide me. I said, ‘Holy Spirit, please be with me...’ My hands weren’t even shaking.” [12] Assam’s shots were non-fatal. The Coroner’s report identified that the fatal shot was self-inflicted.[13] Police found a letter from the shooter addressed “To God”.[14]

At a congregational recovery meeting three days after the shooting, Boyd told parishioners they “will not be governed by fear.”[15] Boyd appeared with Jeanne Assam on a host of media appearances following the tragedy.[16] On April 17, 2008, the Colorado State Senate honored Jeanne Assam passing a resolution calling her a “true hero”.[17]


48 posted on 12/27/2012 5:59:33 PM PST by redlegplanner ( No Representation without Taxation)
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To: redlegplanner

Thanks, I started out looking for that case when I found the Aurora one.


49 posted on 12/27/2012 6:39:18 PM PST by NonValueAdded (If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you've likely misread the situation.)
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