Knoxville, TN Police Chief Sterling Owen, has confirmed at a press conference this morning that the shooter at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church was angry at Liberals and Gays for his lot in life. The shooter Jim Adkisson "hated the liberal movement" said the sheriff.
Yesterday's shooting is being investigated as hate crime.
MSNBC Church Shooting story
This is just crazy, and it shows what we're up against in some of these rural conservative communities.
Jim Adkisson used a shotgun to kill two people (a man and a woman)yesterday in Knoxville, TN.
Five others were hospitalized in either critical or serious condition, police said.
Police confirm handguns were found at his house and he was at one time in his life a member of the 101st Airborne.
He was out of a job and apparently he felt that Liberals were responsble for his "lot" in life. Mr Adkisson left a 4 page letter which details how he hated the "liberal movement".
From his neighbors:
Jim Adkisson's neighbors in a Knoxville suburb described him as quiet and helpful, but sensitive about certain topics.
Knoxville Church Shooting CNN story
MSNBC story
UPDATE: The CNN and MSNBC links are now updated to show that the suspect in the shootings hated the Liberal Movement.