Daingerfield church shooting

Mass shooting in Texas

Daingerfield church shooting

Part of mass shootings in the United States
Location| Daingerfield, Texas, United States
Coordinates| 33°01′52″N 94°43′24″W﻿ / ﻿33.03110°N 94.72327°W﻿ / 33.03110; -94.72327
Date| June 22, 1980

Attack type

| Mass murder
Weapons|

* M1 carbine with bayonet
* Röhm RG-10 .22-caliber revolver
* Smith & Wesson Model 10 .38-caliber revolver
* Colt AR-15 SP1 Rifle with telescopic sight and bayonet

Deaths| 5
Injured| 11 (including the perpetrator)
Perpetrator| Alvin Lee King III
Motive| Religious hate crime

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 an M1 carbine, two revolvers, and a scoped, semi-automatic AR-15-type derivative, 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]

## Victims[edit]

* 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]

## In popular culture[edit]

Faith Under Fire (2012)

Law & Order, Season 1, Episode 18 - "The Secret Sharers" (1991)

Linam, Larry (2010). The Day the Angels Cried. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1449056865.

## See also[edit]

* List of shootings in Texas
* Sutherland Springs church shooting

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* How A Small Texas Town Coped With A 1980 Church Shooting (HBO)
* 1980 Church Shooting In Daingerfield, TX | Jay Gormley
* 35th anniversary of Daingerfield church shooting
* Survivors reflects on Daingerfield church shooting 40 years later
* Laverne McDaniel Interview-Daingerfield church shooting 1980
* Shattered Sanctuary
* Daingerfield knows church's pain after shooting
* Two Texas Churches, Linked by Tragedy Amid the Pews
* NEVER FORGOTTEN: Survivors reflect on Daingerfield church shooting 40 years later
* 1980 Daingerfield Church shooting
* Targeting faith

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* Chicago, IL (1929)

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* Brookline, MO (1932)
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* Daingerfield, TX (1980)
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