Man Kills Woman, Wounds Child in Church; Later
Kills Self Sunday, February 26, 2006 DETROIT — A man opened
fire with a shotgun during a church service Sunday, killing
a woman and wounding a child before shooting another man outside
and killing himself a few hours later, police said. Second
Deputy Police Chief James Tate said three people were shot,
one fatally, at Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church about
11 a.m EST. "Church had begun, and shots rang out," Tate said.
About 5 1/2 hours later, Tate said officers spotted the suspect,
who was identified as 24-year-old Kevin Lorenzo Collins, walking
about a mile south of the church and saw him run behind a
home. "An officer then heard a loud boom," Tate said. Collins
died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound,
Tate said. The 9-year-old child was hit in the hand by a buckshot
pellet, Tate said. The third victim, a man in his 50s, was
in critical condition after being shot after he tried to protect
his wife from a carjacking attempt by the gunman. Ann Armstrong,
30, of Detroit, said she was in the church at the time.
What is this world comming to ? I didn't think I was that
old, When I wasgrowing up people still had respect for the
house of God.
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