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Keith Thomas Kinnunen was identified in reports as the Texas church shooter (River Oaks Police
epoch times ^ | 12/30/2019 | jack phillips

Posted on 12/30/2019 11:22:09 AM PST by bitt

The suspect involved in a fatal shooting at a Dallas-area church on Sunday was identified by officials as 43-year-old Keith Thomas Kinnunen, it was reported.

Law enforcement sources told local station KXAS Channel 5 that Kinnunen was the shooter. He had a criminal record in Tarrant County, including aggravated assault and theft of property charges.

Kinnunen was fatally shot by an armed member of the church’s security team in an incident that was captured on a church live stream. He burst into the West Freeway Church of Christ at about 10:50 a.m. Sunday morning with a shotgun and opened fire, killing two people, reported the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Video footage showed Kinnunen apparently wearing a hoodie and holding a shotgun.

In 2016, he told police in Linden, New Jersey, that he was homeless and was traveling from Texas to take photos. He was arrested in September of that year when police found him with a shotgun, the paper reported.

The report stated that Kinnunen was also arrested in 2008 for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Fort Worth. According to KXAS, he was charged with theft in 2013.

Family members identified the victims as Anton Wallace, a church deacon, and Richard White.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: churchshooting; kinnunen; shooting; texaschurchshooter; whitesettlement
Keith Thomas Kinnunen was identified in reports as the Texas church shooter (River Oaks Police)
1 posted on 12/30/2019 11:22:09 AM PST by bitt
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2 posted on 12/30/2019 11:22:24 AM PST by bitt (A FRIVOLOUS impeachment vote is a SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY)
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To: bitt

Demon possessed


3 posted on 12/30/2019 11:27:52 AM PST by kaehurowing
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To: bitt

The gunman was identified as DEAD, it is reported in the news. Rightfully so. Very dead.


4 posted on 12/30/2019 11:28:27 AM PST by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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To: bitt

So they’ve had enough time to scrub his social media?


5 posted on 12/30/2019 11:31:42 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: bitt

Reporters and pundits are very disappointed his middle name wasn’t Kevin.


6 posted on 12/30/2019 11:33:56 AM PST by LucienCA13 (sorry if you are microaggrieved)
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To: bitt

7 posted on 12/30/2019 11:35:05 AM PST by Company Man (Forget biased Reddit -- THEDONALD.WIN is the new home page for all GEOTUS supporters!)
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To: bitt

“He burst into the West Freeway Church of Christ”

That isn’t what I saw on the video.


8 posted on 12/30/2019 11:35:35 AM PST by suthener
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To: suthener

That’s what I thought. Do reporters even care to get the story remotely correct?


9 posted on 12/30/2019 11:38:49 AM PST by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: bitt

the perfect perp.


10 posted on 12/30/2019 11:40:57 AM PST by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Boogieman

They had to so they could pretend “we have no clue why...”


11 posted on 12/30/2019 11:47:31 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Chickensoup

Perfect setup.

“The apparently homeless gunman who killed two worshipers Sunday had been helped with food on several occasions by the West Freeway church, but he became angry when they wouldn’t give him money, minister Britt Farmer told me. He wasn’t recognized Sunday because he wore disguises,” Bobby Ross Jr., the editor of The Christian Chronicle, tweeted.


Trump’s fault because he doesn’t give enough money and housing vouchers to the poor. /s


12 posted on 12/30/2019 11:49:43 AM PST by conservative98
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To: bitt

You know, he really should have listened a little more closely to the sermon, particularly the parts about eternity and the lake of fire.


13 posted on 12/30/2019 11:52:40 AM PST by Perseverando (Liberals, Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder.)
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To: suthener

There was absoultey no bursting.

The article was corrected since the excerpt was posted. It now reads:

“He stood up from the audience in the West Freeway Church of Christ at about 10:50 a.m. Sunday morning...”


14 posted on 12/30/2019 12:21:32 PM PST by Advil000
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To: Advil000

[’[The article was corrected since]]

Surprised it wasn’t changed to ‘He Burst to his feet”


15 posted on 12/30/2019 12:31:46 PM PST by Bob434
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To: conservative98

So he’s pissed that they didn’t give him money, then he buys a shotgun.

He had money for THAT,


16 posted on 12/30/2019 1:02:48 PM PST by Lazamataz (I cannot spare this man. I cannot spare President Trump. He fights.)
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To: Lazamataz

Sounds as if he had plenty of mental issues.

Former wife says he had a long history of assaults with and without firearms.


17 posted on 12/31/2019 7:02:45 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: bitt; All

At least he didn’t use the “they didn’t talk to me” reason...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/25/for-chris-kyles-killer-life-in-prison-may-make-prison-an-asylum/


18 posted on 12/31/2019 12:27:37 PM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: bitt

He wore a fake beard?? Does anyone think that sounds a bit fishy?


19 posted on 01/05/2020 6:53:00 PM PST by DouglasKC
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