Paul Hill, 40, who openly advocated violence as a divinely sanctioned means of stopping abortions, was seized by police within minutes of the slaying Friday at the Ladies Center for Abortion.
His victims were Dr. John Bayard Britton, 69, and James Herman Barrett, 74, who provided protection for the doctor. Barrett's wife, June, 68, was wounded in the attack.
Hill is a former minister with the Presbyterian Church in America and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
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