7 incidents at churches since 2005

There have been at least seven church shootings in the United States in the past three years, including the murder of Kristy Ragsdale last Sunday in Lehi.

• Dec. 9, 2007 — A gunman shot and killed two teenage girls in the parking lot of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colo. Earlier, he went on an early-morning shooting rampage at a Christian missionary center in Arvada, Colo., where he also killed two people and wounded two others.

• August 2007 — A man entered a church in Neosho, Mo., where relatives were praying and killed three people with a gun before holding several others hostage at the 100-year-old First Congregational Church.

• May 2007 — Two people were killed by a gunman inside First Presbyterian Church in Moscow, Idaho, and a police officer died later after he was shot while responding to the call for help.

• May 2006 — A gunman shot and killed four people at The Ministry of Jesus Christ Church in Baton Rouge, La., then abducted his estranged wife and three children. He later killed his wife.

• February 2006 — Two people died after a gunman opened fire with a shotgun during a church service at Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit, sending parishioners ducking under pews for cover. Police said the shooting grew out of a domestic dispute. The gunman later killed himself.

• March 2005 — A man known for sharing his homegrown vegetables with neighbors walked into a church service at The Living Church of God in suburban Milwaukee, Wis., and killed seven people with a gun, wounding four others before killing himself.