Topic: Jim Adkisson

AP News | 2009-02-09 22:33:13
Out-of-work truck driver pleads guilty to Tenn. church shooting that killed 2, wounded 6

An out-of-work truck driver smiled Monday as he pleaded guilty to killing two people and wounding six others at a Tennessee church last summer because he considered the liberal church "a den of un-American vipers." "Yes, ma'am, I am guilty as charged," Jim D. Adkisson ...

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AP News | 2009-02-04 23:13:37
Lawyer: Unemployed truck driver to plead guilty in TN church shooting that killed 2, wounded 6

An out-of-work truck driver accused of opening fire in a Tennessee church will plead guilty to killing two people and wounding six others, his attorney said Wednesday. Jim D. Adkisson, 58, will enter guilty pleas to all counts Monday in exchange for a sentence ...

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AFP American Edition | 2008-07-28 16:00:21

An unemployed man who opened fire on parishioners in a church over the weekend in Knoxville, Tennessee, killing two and wounding seven, had expressed hatred for what he called the "liberal movement," police said Monday. Jim Adkisson, 58, was overpowered by members of the congregation and arrested after firing three blasts from a 12 gauge shotgun in the Tennessee Valley ...

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AFP American Edition | 2008-07-28 16:00:20

A man armed with a shotgun opened fire in a church in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Sunday, killing two people and injuring six others, local television reported. The gunman, later identified as Jim Adkisson, 58, opened fire on parishioners attending a service at a Unitarian Church, Knoxville City Councilman Joe Hultquist told WBIR television. A group of children were singing when ...

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