[From the Knoxville _News-Sentinel_, staff byline, 28 July 2008] More than 200 people were packed Sunday into the sanctuary at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, lured by the charm of a children's musical, when shotgun blasts resonated through the building. The 10:18 a.m. shooting left two people dead, seven injured and a 58-year-old Powell man in jail charged with first-degree murder. [...] Killed in the attack were 61-year-old Linda Kraeger and Greg McKendry, 60. Kraeger is a member of the Westside Unitarian Universalist Church in West Knox County and was visiting TVUUC because of the performance of "Annie Jr.!" Knoxville police charged Jim David Adkisson of Levy Lane in Powell with first-degree murder. He was ordered held on $1 million bond at the Knox County Detention Facility pending a court hearing. Authorities weren't releasing a motive Sunday and said to their knowledge he had no connection to the church. [...] The 10 a.m. service at TVUUC had been supplanted by the musical presentation that was the culmination of a summer theater workshop conducted by music director Vicki Masters. As church cameras whirred and proud relatives recorded the performance, actors lined up in the hallway to take the stage. Adkisson, toting a guitar case and a satchel, approached a door at the church at 2931 Kingston Pike, just west of the University of Tennessee campus. That door, witnesses said, led directly to the children's classrooms but was locked. A female member of the church waved the man wearing a T-shirt bearing the state flag around to another door. Witness Barbara Kemper said Adkisson walked past the area where children were awaiting their stage call and into the sanctuary. Witnesses said Adkisson did not aim the shotgun at children but focused on the pews filled with adults. The first blast left many wondering if the disabling boom was part of the musical program. "We heard the first shot," said Marty Murphy, 66, a church member since 2000. "It sounded like a bomb went off. We thought it was part of the program at first. "The second shot is when everyone started calling 911 and telling everyone to get down." [...] Police Chief Owen said McKendry was the first person Adkisson encountered as he began his rampage. "Greg McKendry stood in front of the gunman and took the blast to protect the rest of us," Kemper said. McKendry's foster son, Taylor Bessette, was a member of the cast and saw Adkisson with the guitar case. "Make sure everyone knows that Greg McKendry was a hero, an absolute hero," the 16-year-old Bessette said. Police haven't announced how many shots were fired during the attack, but several witnesses agreed that at least three blasts were heard. As attendees realized the attack was real and not part of the program, they dived under pews and pianos for cover as children outside the sanctuary fled to safety. At least three church members tackled Adkisson. Two of those men were John Bohstedt and Robert Birdwell. They forced Adkisson face first to the floor and bound him with "belts or whatever they could get their hands on," Murphy said. Murphy said children were standing as close as 2 to 3 feet to the shooter when the attack began. "One little girl had blood all over her, all over," she said. "She was just hysterical. I don't know how that girl is going to sleep tonight." The shooter was placed face down on the floor, where he continued to struggle.