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Gerald Miller

Case from Brookfield, WI dated Mar 12, 2005

Victim Details

Gerald Miller

Male

White / Caucasian

Brookfield

WI

2005-03-12

44

Gerald

Miller

06/23/2026

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On a Saturday morning in Brookfield, Wisconsin, a peaceful church service turned into a scene of terror and tragedy. On March 12, 2005, Gerald A. Miller, a 44-year-old man from Erin, was attending a service of the Living Church of God, held in a conference room at a local Sheraton Hotel. He was seated in the congregation when a fellow church member, 44-year-old Terry Ratzmann, entered the room and opened fire on the attendees.

The gunman, reportedly upset by a sermon given two weeks earli ...
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