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Prior to the shooting, the perpetrator, Terry Ratzmann, had been a member of the church. It was a religious hate crime.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_Living_Church_of_God_shooting&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ratzmann lived with his mother and sister.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had <a href="/wiki/Hashimoto%27s_thyroiditis" title="Hashimoto's thyroiditis">Hashimoto's thyroiditis</a> (a chronic <a href="/wiki/Autoimmune_disease" title="Autoimmune disease">autoimmune disease</a>) and a <a href="/wiki/Bicuspid_aortic_valve" title="Bicuspid aortic valve">bicuspid aortic valve</a> (a mild congenital heart abnormality), and was missing part of three fingers on his left hand as the result of a much earlier injury.<sup id="cite_ref-JournalAutopsy_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JournalAutopsy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a computer technician with a placement firm, and his contract was ending.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ratzmann was known to suffer from bouts of <a href="/wiki/Clinical_depression" class="mw-redirect" title="Clinical depression">depression</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was reportedly infuriated by a <a href="/wiki/Sermon" title="Sermon">sermon</a> the minister had given two weeks earlier.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="What was that sermon about, and what part of it upset him? (January 2025)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shooting">Shooting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_Living_Church_of_God_shooting&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Shooting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Living_Church_of_God" title="Living Church of God">Living Church of God</a> congregation was gathered at a Sheraton hotel building. Ratzmann left the group and then returned 20 minutes later carrying a <a href="/wiki/Beretta_92" title="Beretta 92">9mm Beretta handgun</a>, and fired 22 rounds into the congregation, killing the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of religion">minister</a> and six others, including the minister's son. Four others, including the minister's wife, were wounded, one critically. Ratzmann shot and killed himself midway through the second of the three <a href="/wiki/Magazine_(firearms)" title="Magazine (firearms)">magazines</a> he had brought with him.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Victims">Victims</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_Living_Church_of_God_shooting&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Victims"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Pastor Randy Gregory, 50</li> <li>James Gregory, 16</li> <li>Harold Diekmeier, 72<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Gloria Critari, 55</li> <li>Bart Oliver, 15</li> <li>Richard Reeves, 58</li> <li>Gerald Miller, 44</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_Living_Church_of_God_shooting&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the police search of the house that Ratzmann shared with his mother and sister, a <a href="/wiki/.22_Long_Rifle" class="mw-redirect" title=".22 Long Rifle">.22 rifle</a>, ammunition, and three computers were taken away. </p><p>The incident focused national attention on the teachings and legacy of <a href="/wiki/Herbert_W._Armstrong" title="Herbert W. Armstrong">Herbert W. Armstrong</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Worldwide_Church_of_God" class="mw-redirect" title="Worldwide Church of God">Worldwide Church of God</a> and LCG's leader <a href="/wiki/Roderick_C._Meredith" class="mw-redirect" title="Roderick C. Meredith">Roderick C. Meredith</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the police investigated religious issues as a potential motive for the shooting. As the investigation continued, police confirmed that they were "increasingly focused on religion as the motive" for the shooting, additionally stating that the pastor's family seemed to have been targeted.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Voice of America determined that the attack was one of five house of worship shootings in the United States that were motivated by religious hate.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_Living_Church_of_God_shooting&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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title="2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings">Arvada & Colorado Springs, CO</a> (Dec. 9)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Carnation_murders" title="2007 Carnation murders">Carnation, WA</a> (Dec. 24)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lane_Bryant_shooting" title="Lane Bryant shooting">Tinley Park, IL</a> (Feb. 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirkwood_City_Council_shooting" title="Kirkwood City Council shooting">Kirkwood, MO</a> (Feb. 7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Northern_Illinois_University_shooting" title="2008 Northern Illinois University shooting">DeKalb, IL</a> (Feb. 14)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantis_Plastics_shooting" title="Atlantis Plastics shooting">Henderson, KY</a> (Jun. 25)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville_Unitarian_Universalist_church_shooting" title="Knoxville Unitarian Universalist church shooting">Knoxville, TN</a> (Jul. 27)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covina_massacre" title="Covina massacre">Covina, CA</a> (Dec. 24)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geneva_County_shootings" title="Geneva County shootings">Geneva County, AL</a> (Mar. 10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_shootings_of_Oakland_police_officers" title="2009 shootings of Oakland police officers">Oakland, CA</a> (Mar. 21)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carthage_nursing_home_shooting" title="Carthage nursing home shooting">Carthage, NC</a> (Mar. 29)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Binghamton_shooting" title="2009 Binghamton shooting">Binghamton, NY</a> (Apr. 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_shooting_of_Pittsburgh_police_officers" title="2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers">Pittsburgh, PA</a> (Apr. 4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Collier_Township_shooting" title="2009 Collier Township shooting">Collier Township, PA</a> (Aug. 4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Sabana_Seca_massacre" title="2009 Sabana Seca massacre">Toa Baja, PR</a> (Oct. 17)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Fort_Hood_shooting" title="2009 Fort Hood shooting">Killeen, TX</a> (Nov. 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearcy_murders" title="Pearcy murders">Pearcy, AR</a> (Nov. 11 or 12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Saipan_shootings" title="2009 Saipan shootings">Saipan, MP</a> (Nov. 20)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Thanksgiving_murders" title="2009 Thanksgiving murders">Jupiter, FL</a> (Nov. 26)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Lakewood_shooting" title="2009 Lakewood shooting">Lakewood, WA</a> (Nov. 29)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Part of <a href="/wiki/Mass_shootings_in_the_United_States" title="Mass shootings in the United States">mass shootings in the United States</a> by time period 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