New Life Shooting Victims
On December 9, 2007 Matthew Murray shot five people at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Of the five victims, two teenage sisters died. Murray was then shot several times by a volunteer security guard for the megachurch, after which he committed suicide. The shootings came less than a day after Murray opened fire at a Youth With A Mission dormitory.1
Fast Facts
- Killed: Stephanie Works, 18 and Rachel Works, 162
- David Works, 51, suffered gunshot wounds to the abdomen2
- Judy Purcell, 40 and Larry Bourbonnais, 59, were also hospitalized2
- Bourbonnais later criticized church security guards that he claimed did not take action against the shooter3
- Bourbonnais was asked to leave the New Life Church congregation3
- Murray was seeking revenge for being kicked out of Youth With A Mission4
- There was a YWAM office in New Life Church
- YWAM has been accused of being a cult5
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