On Sunday, a middle-aged Mormon man went into the LDS chapel where his ward was having sacrament meeting, and sat quietly for part of the service. Then he opened fire, killing one ward member and wounding another.
I've spent the last couple of days trying to come to terms with this news. This is not a hate crime perpetrated by someone from outside my religious community; this was committed by one of our own.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, police don't yet know the gunman's motive, but he may have been specifically targeting either the man who died or the man who was wounded but survived. Neighbors and fellow ward members seem shocked because the shooter had no known history of violence.
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