Two shootings at a Christian missionary center and a church in
Colorado Sunday are suspected to have been carried out by a gunman
with a hatred for Christians, a TV report said Monday.
Four people were killed and five were injured in the
incidents.
Citing sources familiar with the events, a CNN report said that
the 24-year-old gunman, Matthew Murray, used to work at the Youth
With a Mission training center but left several years ago after a
quarrel. Since then, he has sent antagonistic and threatening
correspondence to the center.
Early Sunday, Murray killed two staff members and injured two
others when he attacked a training center in the Denver suburb of
Arvada. He then drove to the New Life church in Colorado Springs,
105 km away, where the center has a satellite office, the sources
told CNN.
Murray was shot dead by a female security guard at the church
after killing two teenage sisters and injuring three others in the
afternoon, the report said.
An unidentified law enforcement official told local media that
Murray, a son of a prominent neurologist, was believed to be the
gunman in both attacks.
Murray had no criminal history but "hated Christians," he
added.
However, police only confirmed that Murray was responsible for
the shooting incident at the church, saying they were still
investigating whether he was also behind the shooting at the
training center.
(Xinhua News Agency December 11, 2007)
