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Now victims' relatives are struggling to keep their faith and find answers.
BY RYAN NAKASHIMA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — It was just another weekend service for churchgoers in this Milwaukee suburb when, without warning, they began to be gunned down by one of their own.
Police said Terry Ratzmann, a buttoned-down churchgoer, shot 22 bullets from a 9 mm handgun within a minute.
None of those who knew him expected Ratzmann to be violent, though some said he had grappled with depression. Neighbors said he was quiet and devout.
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But Saturday, he turned on worshippers. When it was over, seven people were killed and four others were wounded. Ratzmann, 44, then shot himself.
Churchgoer kills seven
"He wasn't a dark guy. He was average Joe," said Shane Colwell, a neighbor who knew Ratzmann for about a decade.
Dorothy Hodzinski hit the floor and Gerald Miller, a delivery truck driver, threw his arm over her as they lay together.
"He tried to protect me," she said. "I said, 'Gerry, I think you better start to pray.'"
Ratzmann regularly attended the church's gatherings at the Sheraton hotel.
"He said 'Yeah, I think we better,' and he went 'uh... Maybe that when he was shot."
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Nicki Villa, 12, of New Berlin, Wis., releases seven balloons last Sunday at a makeshift memorial outside the Sheraton hotel in Brookfield, Wis. The memorial was for the seven victims of a shooting Saturday when a gunman opened fire at a church service being held at the hotel.
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California judge lifts ban
SAN FRANCISCO — A judge ruled yesterday that California's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional — a legal milestone that, if upheld on appeal, would open the way for the most populous state to follow Massachusetts in allowing same-sex couples to wed.
Judge Richard Kramer of San Francisco County's trial-level Superior Court likened the ban to laws requiring racial segregation in schools, and said there appears to be "no rational purpose" for denying marriage to gay couples.
A crowd gathered for a candlelight vigil Sunday night at a makeshift memorial of flowers, crosses and stuffed animals in front of the hotel.
The ruling came in response to lawsuits filed by the city of San Francisco and a dozen gay couples a year ago after the California Supreme Court halted a four-week series of same-sex marriages started by Mayor Gavin Newsm.
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Last winter, nearly 4,000 gay couples got married after Newsom instructed the city to issue them licenses, in defiance of state law. The California Supreme Court later declared those marriages void, saying the mayor overstepped his authority. But the court did not address the underlying issue of whether the law against gay marriage violated the California Constitution.
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awaited because of San Francisco's historical role as a gay rights battleground.
The opinion had been eagerly
fire of the pro-marriage movement in California as well as the rest of the country."
Gay marriage supporters hailed the ruling as a historic development akin to the 1948 state Supreme Court decision that made California the first state to legalize interracial marriage.
At issue were a 1977 law that defined marriage as "a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between a man and a woman," and a voter-approved measure in 2000 that amended the law to say more explicitly: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
"Today's ruling is an important step toward a more fair and just California that rejects discrimination and affirms family values for all California families." San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera said.
"For a single judge to rule there is no conceivable purpose for preserving marriage as one man and one woman is mindboggling," said Liberty Counsel President Mathew Staver. "This decision will be gasoline on the
Conservative leaders expressed outrage at the ruling and vowed to appeal.
ATLANTA — The deputy, a 51-year-old woman just 5 feet tall, was simply no match for the inmate she was escorting to the courtroom, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound former college linebacker on trial for rape.
Shooting exposes security failures
Authorities are investigating how the security breakdown happened on that bloody Friday morning, and they are vowing changes will be made. The issue is getting national attention as well, with Sen. Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying he would hold congressional hearings on improving security at courthouses and for judges.
Authorities say Brian Nichols overpowered deputy Cynthia Hall, took her gun, and easily gained access to the courtroom, where he went on to kill the judge and a court reporter. Security cameras captured images of him overpowering the deputy, but no one, it turned out, was watching the screens.
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In the last six months, investigations by the Kansas City Cybercrimes Task Force — one of 19 in the United States — resulted in 22 indictments, 20 arrests and 11 convictions for sex crimes against children, Kansas attorney general Phill Kline said. The prosecutions were under tough federal laws.
There were more security gaffes. Earlier in the week, Nichols was found to have had two homemade knives in his shoes while in court. And the vehicle reported to be his getaway car was found more than 13 hours after the shootings — in the same parking garage where it was allegedly carjacked
The Cybercrimes Task Force in Kansas City, Mo., teams federal, state and local officials to track down Internet child predators who lure children into real-life sexual encounters.
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WASHINGTON — State attorneys general from across the country discussed ways to combat the growing problem of predators soliciting sex from children over the Internet on Monday.
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