Shelley Shannon a fracas, Shannon shot Tiller with a semiautomatic pistol. Tiller was later assassinated on May 31, 2009, by Scott Roeder. At her trial in state court, Shannon testified that there was nothing immoral about trying to kill Tiller. The jurors needed only an hour to convict her of attempted murder. She was sentenced to 11 years in prison. While incarcerated in Lansing, Kansas, Shannon signed the Army of God's statement in support of the actions of Paul Jennings Hill, identifying herself as a "prisoner of Christ". On June 4, 1995, she pleaded guilty to setting fires at several abortion clinics
George Tiller Society’s impaired physicians committee. Tiller was discussed in 28 episodes of the Fox News talk show "The O'Reilly Factor" in the years leading up to his death, focusing national attention on his practice. Although he later denied it, show host Bill O'Reilly sometimes described him as "Tiller the Baby Killer", a nickname that Congressman Robert Dornan had used on the floor of the US House of Representatives. O'Reilly said he would not want to be Tiller, Kathleen Sebelius, and other pro-choice Kansas politicians "if there is a judgment day". On November 3, 2006, O'Reilly featured an exclusive segment on "The