Daingerfield church shooting

The Daingerfield church shooting was a mass murder that occurred at the First Baptist Church in Daingerfield, Texas, United States on June 22, 1980. Alvin Lee King III, 45, a former high school teacher, armed with a scoped, semi-automatic XM16E1-type derivative, an M1 carbine, and two revolvers, killed five people and wounded 10 others, after members of the church had declined his request to appear as character witnesses in a trial in which he was charged with raping his daughter. King was arrested after shooting himself and charged with five counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder, but committed suicide in his prison cell on January 19, 1982, before he could be tried.[1][2][3][4]

Daingerfield church shooting
LocationDaingerfield, Texas, United States
Coordinates33.03110°N 94.72327°W / 33.03110; -94.72327
DateJune 22, 1980
Attack type
Mass murder
Weapons
Deaths5
Injured11 (including the perpetrator)
PerpetratorAlvin Lee King III

Victims
  • Gene Gandy, 50[3]
  • Gina Linam, 7[3]
  • J.Y. "Red" McDaniel, 49[3]
  • Thelma Richardson, 78[3]
  • Kenneth Truitt, 49[3]

Additionally, Arthur Greaves, 69, Robert Jack Dean, 56, and Laverne McDaniel were injured during the shooting.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. Ex-teacher accused of killing 5 hangs self, Star-News (January 20, 1982)
  2. "This Is War!", Time (July 7, 1980)
  3. Five die in church shooting, Spokane Daily Chronicle (June 23, 1980)
  4. Blood of the Lamb, Texas Monthly (March 1983)
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