Pastor who railed against 'gun-free zones' shot woman in the head after she refused sex with him

[jodymarie aimee]

Pastor who railed against ‘gun-free zones’ shot woman in the head after she refused sex with him: police

A one-time pastor in Missouri known for going on social media rants against “gun-free zones” this week was arrested after he allegedly tried forcing three women to have sex with him — and shot one of them in the head after she refused.

USA Today reports that police say 53-year-old Thomas Bruce this week went into a Catholic Supply store, drew a gun, and forced three women working there to go with him into a back room.


After they went with them, he ordered them to “perform deviant sexual acts on him,” police allege.

One of the women refused to give in to his demands, which was when Bruce allegedly killed her with a shot to the head. This prompted the other two women to begin complying with his requests, and Bruce eventually fled the scene.

Police arrested Bruce on Wednesday and charged him with murder, sodomy and kidnapping.

According to USA Today, Bruce’s rants about gun control had continued right up until the time he allegedly kidnapped the three women.

Just last week, for example, he called for abolishing gun-free zones on the grounds that “we should stop expecting criminals to follow the rules.”

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[Phoenix61]

1. Just can't make this shit up. nt

[guillaumeb]

2. Please tell me that this is from The Onion.

Please.

[elleng]

4. Misery

[appalachiablue]

9. Raw Story article with photo of perp, gag

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/pastor-railed-gun-free-zones-shot-woman-head-refused-sex-police/

[PJMcK]

3. So many issues, where do I start

Fuck it.

[Downtown Hound]

5. This comes as no surprise to anybody

who's ever spent time around gun fetishists. Scratch a gun fetishist, you will very quickly find a racist, a misogynist, a criminal, or a combination of all of them not far beneath the surface.

[Ilsa]

6. I'm sure his friends will claim he has "mental illness".

He was constantly going on and on about supernatural beliefs, etc.

[Mariana]

7. OMFG. She did not "refuse sex with him".

He wasn't trying to have sex with her. He threatened her with a gun and tried to RAPE her. She resisted his attempt to RAPE her, so he murdered her. After that he did not make "requests" of the other women. He RAPED them.

[denbot]

8. This

We have to take control of the narrative, or things like this get more and more normalized.

[Solly Mack]

11. Thank you.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

13. The USA Today report, which Raw Story ripped off, read "refused to comply."

Fuck Raw Story and its rewrites of original material.

[dalton99a]

14. +1

[Kaleva]

15. She refused to perform oral sex on him and she was shot

The other two did perform oral on him.

[uponit7771]

20. THIS !!!!

[lostnfound]

10. The beautiful voice of Jamie Schmidt, mother of three, married to high school sweetheart, now silent

A singer, a mother, an artist, and it sounds like a friend to many.

Rest In Peace

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/house-springs-mother-of-killed-in-catholic-supply-shooting-was/article_64ae1cf7-5113-514e-afa7-fdf439c8235b.html

Schmidt also was artistic, helping refinish the Stations of the Cross artwork in the church and painting the Four Evangelists.

A remembrance Mass on Tuesday night drew dozens of people to the church. Gerri Barbeau, who was among them, said Jamie Schmidt was her longtime friend and fellow choir member. She said Schmidt was humble about her singing and artistic talents.

“The only thing that’s gotten me through this is that Jamie had such a beautiful voice that God needed her for the choir in heaven,” Barbeau said, choking back tears. “A lot of tragedy has happened all over, and you have to focus on the beautiful things.”

Sheldon said she believes that Schmidt went to the Catholic Supply store after work on Monday to buy supplies for an art project. Sheldon said Schmidt was crocheting rosaries for the women in the parish group and may have run out of materials to include in the project.

So this beautiful soul was humble, reflective, introspective, and had spent her life developing inner strength and demonstrating love.

How about you, mr. big shot emotional midget with a gun? Were you ever reflective, looking inside yourself, wondering “what can I do to make this world a better place?” Oh yeah, you opened your mouth to rail against gun control. That was your idea of making the world a better place. Who was the strong one?

This is “toxic masculinity”. This is not just “a sin”. This is “evil”. Possibly this is also a symptom of a sick culture where too many men make it to adulthood with severely stunted emotions brimming with anger or entitlement or hatred. Why is our society so very unsuccessful at tamping down the development of such malignancies?

[JudyM]

17. Very well-stated arg. about toxic masculinity.

[Martin Eden]

12. Until the moment he committed that crime ...

... he was a good guy with a gun.

[harumph]

16. Earlier reports did not mention he was a "pastor" -

Pastor of what? Was he anti-Catholic?

[ck4829]

18. Kick

[KG]

19. yay. gunz.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

21. how much more horror will it take?