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Larry Gene Ashbrook
Larry Gene Ashbrook (July 10, 1952 – September 15, 1999) was an American mass murderer. On September 15, 1999, he murdered seven people and injured a further seven at a post See You at the Pole Rally featuring a concert by Christian rock group Forty Days at Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. Ashbrook then committed suicide.
== Shooting ==
Ashbrook interrupted a teen prayer rally in the Wedgwood Baptist Church, slamming his hand on a door to make his presence known. Spouting anti-Baptist rhetoric, he opened fire with a 9mm semiautomatic handgun and a .380-caliber handgun. He reloaded several times during the shooting; three empty magazines were found at the scene. Seven people were killed, four of whom were teenagers (a 14-year-old boy, two 14-year-old girls and a 17-year-old boy). Three people sustained major injuries while four others received relatively minor injuries.
At Ashbrook's home, police found a pipe, end caps to enclose the pipe, gunpowder and a fuse. Ashbrook had thrown a pipe bomb into the church, but this exploded vertically, and did not injure anyone.
During the shooting Ashbrook was confronted by a 19-year-old former football lineman, "Jeremy" Jeremiah Neitz, who described the ensuring confrontation to Houston Press: ''"I don't know why, but I just sat there, looking at him as he came toward me. When he got to within about five feet, he pointed one of his guns at me and just glared. I told him, 'Sir, you don't have to be doing this.' He told me to shut the hell up. Then he asked me what my religion was, and I told him I was a Christian, a Baptist. He said, 'That sucks,' and that it was 'a stupid religion.'"'' Neitz replied, ''"No sir, it doesn't suck. It's a wonderful thing. God put me on this earth for a reason. I'm certain of that."'' Ashbrook fired several more rounds and yelled ''"This religion is bullshit."'' Neitz described his reply: ''"That's when I stood up. I looked at him and told him, 'Sir, what you need is Jesus Christ in your life.' I told him that I knew where I was going when I died and asked, 'What about you?' He just looked at me for another second or two, then said, 'F off,' sat down and shot himself."'' Time Magazine described accounts of the confrontation as "unconfirmed" and possibly "pious invention", but the Houston Press wrote that the story had been confirmed, quoting the Fort Worth police detective who had interviewed Neitz: ''"Maybe he did frustrate Ashbrook with what he was saying. There's no way we'll ever really know. All I can say is that I'm impressed by what he did that evening. It was a very brave thing. You have to admire that."''〔
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