Baptist Pastor Killed during Church Shooting in Illinois

Shortly after services had begun at 8:15 Sunday morning, a man walked straight down the aisle of an Illinois church and shot the pastor to death, according to the state police. The state police said the man briefly exchanged words with Fred Winters, the pastor at First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill., near St. Louis, before pulling out a .45-caliber handgun and fatally shooting Mr. Winters once in the chest before the gun jammed