Oregon Public Broadcasting

The killing of late-term abortion doctor, George Tiller, at his Wichita church over the weekend, wasn’t the first time he was attacked. An Oregon woman, Rachelle “Shelley” Shannon shot him in the 1990’s. Kristian Foden-Vencil reports.

Shelley Shannon is a Christian anti-abortion activist. She shot George Tiller outside his church in 1993. He was hit in both arms but survived.

At the time, Shannon had written letters of support for Michael Griffin, another anti-abortion activist who murdered Dr. David Gunn in Florida in 1993.

She called Griffin “The awesomest (sic.,) greatest hero of our time.”

At her trial for attempted murder, Shannon said there was nothing immoral about trying to kill Tiller.

In 1995, she also pleaded guilty to setting fires at several abortion clinics in Oregon, California and Nevada.

She isn’t scheduled to be released in until 2018.