Gunman Wounds 3 At Calif. Church Festival

Bystanders Tackle Man With Semiautomatic Rifle Who Attacked Church In Granada Hills

(AP)  A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a festival outside a Southern California church Saturday, wounding three people, one of them critically, police said.

Shots rang out shortly before 11 a.m. outside St. John Baptist de la Salle, a Roman Catholic church in Granada Hills, Officer Norma Eisenman said. Bystanders tackled the man and held him until he was taken into police custody, she said.

"He was tackled by an off-duty Burbank police officer" and taken into custody by Los Angeles police, she said.

The gunman wounded three people, including a female who was shot in the elbow, Eisenman said. Two people were taken to a hospital in stable condition and one was in critical condition, she said.

Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said another person was treated for chest pains.

The motive for the attack was not immediately known, Eisenman said.

Church officials did not immediately return calls for comment.

[blackyowe]

I am not a bigot and I am Christian. These boards on CBS are full of very nasty people who are filled with hate towards all Christians. I am just a quiet Presbyterian who believes in helping others and believes in God. I am hardly a close minded Bigot. Shame on all you who just wish to kill all religion.

[obamawhama]

Your saying christians aren''''t bigoted?????


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Posted by tomanyt at 02:01 PM : May 19, 2008
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better yet..non-christians TEND TO BE MORE AND OPENLY BIGOTED..

[tomanyt]

more bigotry from non-Christians on these forums. Same old same old...different day
Posted by Christian735
Your saying christians aren''t bigoted?????

[guysdigdirt]

The truth sets you free.......so I hope you find it someday. I sincerely do.

Posted by Christian735

Hypocrite.

[gunsrevil]

I came here looking for gun nuts and all I got was a bunch of religious and non religious nuts. What a shame bringing religion to a gun fight, that just ain''t right!!!

[fibonacci_gr]

My name fibonacci_ was officially banned I think ... he he.

[payasyougo]

"Before Bush became Prez, this kind of trash would NEVER have made it to our living rooms."

You are so right. Before Bush it stayed in the whitehouse.

[ubrew12]

Christian735 said: "ubrew12...more bigotry from non-Christians on these forums. Same old same old...different day"

It might be less boring for you if you read and commented on my post.

[christian735]

Offering "salvation" before you murder someone is the ultimate repudiation of the name of Jesus - as you do incessantly.
posted by jumkey

Wow. You have completely and utterly lost your mind.

Unreal.

[christian735]

You don''''t get to hate in the name of Jesus Christian735. It''''s not what he wanted, not what he preached.
posted by jumkey

Again you false accuser, where did I say I hated anyone. You are blind! If you want hate, take your pick! You hate FloydZepp and others on here sphewing out an immense amount of hatred. As a matter of fact, if you want hate, look in the mirror. You keep falsely accusing me of things without an OUNCE of anything to back it up with. THis is a sign of a true lost soul desperately seeking the truth.

You have absolutely ZERO facts to back up your silly accusations that I am "hating" on people.

That is so bogus and it is so childish that there aren''t any words to describe your ludicrous accusations. Seriously my friend, please wake up and smell the coffee!!

Noone is using the word hate EXCEPT YOU!