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August 16, 2012

Security Guard Wounded in Shooting at Right-Wing Family Research Council 
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A security guard at the right-wing Family Research Council in
Washington, D.C., was shot and wounded on Wednesday by a man who
reportedly disagreed with the group's views. Police say the shooter
opened fire after the security guard confronted him in the lobby of the
group's offices. The suspect, identified as Floyd Corkins, reportedly
expressed objections to the Family Research Council's opposition to LGBT
rights. Corkins had volunteered at the D.C. Center, an LGBT community
center in Washington. The center quickly joined with more than 40 other
LGBT rights groups to denounce the attack, saying: "We utterly reject
and condemn such violence."

 

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