Jim Pouillon, an anti-abortion activist, was gunned down this morning.
From the Flint Journal:
An anti-abortion activist gunned down Friday morning in front of Owosso High School has been identified as James Lawrence Pouillon, 63, of Owosso.
Pouillon was a longtime abortion protester, known for his highly vocal and visible public demonstrations around the community and even outside the state.
Longtime friend and fellow activist Judy Climer, president of Flint Right to Life, described Pouillon as "just a nice, elderly gentleman who was disabled, used an oxygen tank and wore leg braces."
Climer said Pouillon had a regular weekly schedule of visits to abortion clinics in Flint and Saginaw, where he would park across the street and pray when abortions were allegedly being conducted.
"I knew him very well. He told me one time God put in his heart a passion for the little babies that have the right to be born and they were being denied that right," said Climer, who said Pouillon often stopped at her office for coffee breaks as he drove from one location to another to demonstrate.
"He even told me once he'd be willing to die for that belief. That's what I hear him saying right now."
Climer said Pouillon called her last week and told her he planned to be in Flint later today, parked across the street from the Feminine Health Care Center, 2032 S. Saginaw Street.
"He always comes. He would even go up to Saginaw at 7:30 a.m. and pray, then come here to Flint at noon," said Climer. "This was a passion he's had for 20 years, to just pray that abortion would come to an end and that women would see the truth that abortion is murder."
Pouillon was killed while standing up for the rights of the unborn.
God bless him.
Any outrage from the Left over this senseless violence?
The second victim is Michael L. Fuoss, 61.
From FOX News:
A well-known anti-abortion activist was shot multiple times and killed Friday morning in front of a Michigan high school, and another man was shot and killed just miles away in what police are investigating as related incidents.
Owosso police chief Michael Compeau said Jim Pouillon, 63, was outside the school Friday morning with a sign when a man drove by and shot him. No one else was injured.
Michigan State Police have taken a suspect into custody, the Flint Journal reported.
...When authorities were responding to the first shooting, officials received a report that another man had been shot and killed at a gravel pit business in Owosso. Shiawassee County Sheriff George Braidwood said Mike Fuoss was found dead in his office.
A 33-year-old Owosso man was later arrested in connection with the school shooting at about 8:15 a.m. at his home, according to Compeau. The chief said he then told police he was involved in the gravel-pit shooting.
More on the Owosso police investigation:
Owosso police were outside an apartment building at 501 S. Shiawassee Street in Owosso shortly before 1:30 p.m. Friday, waiting for a search warrant to search the alleged residence of the suspected shooter of a well-known anti-abortion protester and an Owosso Township gravel pit owner early Friday morning.
Police declined comment at the apartment building, and neighbors also refused to speak with reporters. A person at a storage facility behind the building also declined comment.
However, Owosso police did confirm it is the address of the suspect, 33, who was taken into custody within an hour of the drive-by shooting of James L. Pouillon, 63, who was demonstrating against abortion in front of Owosso High School about 7:20 a.m.
The second victim, Michael L. Fuoss, 61, was found dead in his office at Fuoss Gravel Pit, 777 Busha Road, Owosso Township, about 8:15 a.m. by an employee.
More on Michael L. Fuoss:
Mike Fuoss, 61, owner of Fuoss Gravel Pit, 777 Busha Road in Owosso Township, has been identified as the second homicide victim in Shiawassee County this morning.
Fuoss also owned Arrow Construction, an asphalt and excavating company, and started Indan Rock Subdivision and Fuoss Brothers Apartments. Fuoss graduated from Corunna High School in 1966.
...Fuoss knew the suspected shooter, according to Shiawassee County Sheriff George Braidwood. Braidwood said it appeared he was shot at close range.
It is unknown if the suspect knew Pouillon. Police said it's too early to assign any motive to either shooting. Detectives are interviewing the suspect right now.
Although the shooter's motives haven't been reported, we know this much: Pouillon and Fuoss were the victims of a cold-blooded murderer.
Fuoss was executed at his place of work and Pouillon was shot multiple times as he was out spreading the message of respect for life.
Thankfully, the police apprehended the suspected killer so quickly.
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