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The Chronicle Telegram in Elyria, Ohio

06 Jul 1999

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The Chronicle Telegram

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Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

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Jul 06, 1999

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Church of the Creator tied to hate group rhetoric

In Peoria Illinois the World Church of the Creator led by Matt Hale denies violence as a motive in the two state shooting spree linked to Benjamin Nathaniel Smith. Hale promotes a white racial holy war but says members follow the law while the ADL and police tie the group to violence.

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Peoria, II World Church of the Creator The Church of the Creator Matt Hale East Peoria Associated Press Hale Benjamin Nathaniel Smith Smith Indiana University Indiana Anti-Defamation League West John Fernandez Bloomington Ind Church FBI Harlan Loeb ADL Ben Klassen Florida Ukraine Canada Klassen Montana Alan Dershowitz Ilinois California COTC
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Shooting spree suspect hid racist beliefs, neighbors say

CHICAGO gunman Benjamin Nathaniel Smith appeared the part of a skinhead with a tattooed slogan and posted hate fliers targeting Jews Blacks and Asians. Yet friends and authorities questioned what drove the rich Indiana University student to a two state shooting rampage that killed two and wounded eight. Smith grew up affluent in Wilmette Illinois attended New Trier High and later University of Illinois and Indiana University. He had run ins with the law including marijuana possession fighting and racist dorm posters before withdrawing in 1998 to avoid expulsion. Victims included Ricky Byrdsong as investigators pursue whether he acted alone while grieving families seek answers.

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Chicago Benjamin Nathaniel Smith Tyrese Alexander Smith Bloomington Ind Indiana University Wilmette New Trier High School Kenneth Sid Condon Beverly Smiths Northfield Bom Condon John Wilkes Booth Abraham Lincoln Timothy McVeigh Federal Oklahoma City University of Ilinois Bill Murphy Murphy Richard McKaig Indiana Associated Press Alexander World Church of the Creator Minois Elizabeth Lahr Mlini University of Mlinois Michael Ruth Ricky Byrdsong Northwestern University
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