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On August 12, 2007, a mass shooting took place at the First Congregational Church in Neosho, Missouri, United States. The shooter was identified as 52-year-old Eiken Elam Saimon, a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia. Saimon killed the church pastor and two deacons and wounded four others. After a brief hostage situation, he was arrested by police. He later agreed to a plea deal to accept three life sentences without parole and other penalties in exchange for avoiding the death penalty.

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2007 Neosho church shooting
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