Wedgwood Baptist Church shooting
Mass shooting in Fort Worth, Texas, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On September 15, 1999, a mass shooting occurred at Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. 47-year-old Larry Gene Ashbrook entered during a See You at the Pole Rally featuring a concert by the Christian rock group Forty Days, where he killed seven people and wounded eight others before committing suicide. Most of the victims were teenagers.
Wedgwood Baptist Church shooting | |
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Location | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
Coordinates | 32.6643°N 97.3845°W / 32.6643; -97.3845 |
Date | September 15, 1999; 24 years ago (September 15, 1999) |
Target | Congregants |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, murder-suicide |
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Deaths | 8 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 7 |
Perpetrator | Larry Gene Ashbrook |
Prior to the shooting, he had displayed behavior considered erratic and frightening by those around him, and had mailed multiple letters to a local newspaper proclaiming he was being framed for murder and being watched by intelligence agencies. During the shooting, Ashbrook disparaged Christianity and the beliefs of the churchgoers.