Abortion doctor George Tiller killed

Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller was killed as he attended church Sunday, a new escalation in violence from so-called “pro-life” advocates.

Tiller was attending a Sunday morning service at the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita when a man entered the church and shot him at close range. Tiller’s wife was singing in the Church choir when the shooting took place.

A 51 year old pro-life suspect, who had threatened two other men at the church who had tried to apprehend him, was arrested three hours after the shooting in Kansas City. Police have so far not released the suspects name.

George Tiller had been a controversial figure as one of the few doctors in the United States who performed late term abortions. Tiller had previously been shot in 1993 but survived, and his abortion clinic has been subject to regular acts of vandalism, including a bombing in 1986.