Shelley Shannon
Rachelle Ranae "Shelley" Shannon (born March 31, 1956) is an American anti-abortion extremist who was convicted in a Kansas state court for the attempted murder of George Tiller by shooting him in his car in Wichita, Kansas in 1993. She was also convicted in U.S. federal court for ten attacks at abortion clinics using arson or acid. At her sentencing in U.S. District Court in 1995, the presiding judge described Shannon as a terrorist and agreed with prosecutors that she was a threat even from behind bars. She served her sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Waseca, Minnesota and was released in November 2018.
Shelley Shannon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rachelle Ranae Pauli March 31, 1956 |
| Criminal status | Released (November 2018) |
| Spouse |
David Shannon (m. 1974) |
| Children | 2 |
| Conviction(s) | Attempted murder, arson, interference with commerce by force, interstate travel in aid of racketeering |
| Criminal penalty | 23 years in prison |
| Details | |
| Country | United States |
| Target(s) | Abortion providers and clinics in Oregon, California, Nevada, and Kansas |
| Injured | George Tiller (shot) |
| Weapons | Handgun, fire bombing |
| Imprisoned at | Waseca FCI (1995–2018) |
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