The churches:
- Church stunned by former member’s deadly actions | Matthew Murray’s mother is in charge of Love Fellowship’s women’s ministry. A prayer service is planned for tonight. (The Denver Post)
- New Life Church offering comfort (The Denver Post)
- Churches mixed over armed guards | Public reluctance, liability issues work against it, experts say (Rocky Mountain News)
- Americans might balk at vigorous strategies (Rocky Mountain News)
- Pastor decries ‘moral detachment’ | But failure to deal with guns, mental illness also cited (Rocky Mountain News)
- Unsafe at New Life Church | God bless that hallowed ground. Even if it can’t be safe–because no place is–it can be a place of renewal and healing (Patton Dodd, Beliefnet)
The shooter:
- Police: Church gunman killed himself (Associated Press)
- Reports: Colorado gunman posted anti-Christian writings (CNN)
- Diatribe foretold horror | Shooter Matthew Murray posted reworked writing of Columbine killer between attacks (The Denver Post)
- Web posting replicates Columbine shooter’s manifesto | A diatribe was posted at 11:03 a.m. Sunday on a website devoted to people who have left religion (The Denver Post)
- Murray’s religious rants all the rage on the Internet (Rocky Mountain News)
- Gunman’s hate boiled over | Shooter had failed to pass muster with missionary center (Rocky Mountain News)
- Roommate: Murray booted from center for bizarre behavior (Rocky Mountain News)
- Family friend calls gunman “loner” | A prayer service for all the families affected is scheduled for Tuesday night (The Denver Post)
- 2 Sisters Killed and the Reason: Revenge? (The Gazette)
The victims:
- Victims came from family of faith | Remembering Rachel and Stephanie Works (The Denver Post)
- As father recovers, Aurora family grieves loss of 2 girls | Gunman opened fire on teens, dad as they left church (Rocky Mountain News)
- In his own words: Larry Bourbonnais | Colorado Springs resident Larry Bourbonnais, 59, is a New Life parishioner and a Vietnam veteran who was slightly injured by a bullet fragment during the shooting at New Life Church (Rocky Mountain News)
- Service set for slain missionaries | “”We’re inviting as many people as would like to be there” (Rocky Mountain News)
Other:
- Making sense of the senseless | The following days will yield more details about how this tragedy unfolded, but we may never fully understand why five people, including the gunman, are dead (Editorial, The Denver Post)
- Lethal rage | Another young man’s murderous rampage (Editorial, Rocky Mountain News)
- Church guard gains hero status | Ex-cop ‘was very focused’ as she ‘took him down’ (Rocky Mountain News)
- Neighbors witnessed an ‘unnerving’ sight (Rocky Mountain News)
- Columbine stepfather: ‘And nothing changes’ (Rocky Mountain News)
For earlier links, see this blog entry.
