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180:(April 29, 1960 – March 12, 2005) was an American
566:"Motive Still Unclear in Milwaukee Church Shooting"
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513:"Police Focus on Religion in Milwaukee Shootings"
459:"Police Search for Answers in Wisconsin Shooting"
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672:Mass shootings in the United States
134:Congregants of Living Church of God
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736:Nevada City & Grass Valley, CA
572:. Associated Press. August 3, 2005
538:Banerjee, Neela (March 18, 2005).
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1224:People from New Berlin, Wisconsin
1169:2005 murders in the United States
976:Arvada & Colorado Springs, CO
511:Wilgoren, Jodi (March 15, 2005).
484:Wilgoren, Jodi (March 14, 2005).
457:Wilgoren, Jodi (March 13, 2005).
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401:"8 are shot at church gathering"
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309:Hashimoto's thyroiditis
253:Worldwide Church of God
224:Ratzmann had left the
178:Terry Michael Ratzmann
44:Terry Michael Ratzmann
16:American mass murderer
428:"Carnivorous Plants!"
208:suffer from bouts of
197:Brookfield, Wisconsin
142:8 (including himself)
124:Brookfield, Wisconsin
65:Brookfield, Wisconsin
51:New Berlin, Wisconsin
1070:Collier Township, PA
599:. The New York Times
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519:. The New York Times
492:. The New York Times
465:. The New York Times
407:. The New York Times
379:projects.voanews.com
275:Harold Diekmeier, 72
257:Roderick C. Meredith
249:Herbert W. Armstrong
234:Living Church of God
186:Living Church of God
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1204:Crimes in Wisconsin
230:9mm Beretta handgun
86:Computer technician
72:Cause of death
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876:Tacoma, WA
835:Meteor, WI
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332:References
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203:Background
193:hate crime
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