Gunman shoots four at Missouri abbey; two monks dead, two wounded.

From: The Kansas City Star (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService) | Date: June 10, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Judy L. Thomas, Matt Stearns and Mike Rice

CONCEPTION, Mo. _ A 71-year-old Kearney, Mo., man armed with two rifles walked into Conception Abbey and opened fire Monday morning, killing two monks and wounding two others before turning a weapon on himself.

Authorities said the gunman was found dead in a pew in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception with an AK-47 assault rifle and a .22-caliber sawed-off rifle. The abbey is tucked away in the rolling c...

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