Assassination of George Tiller Assassination of George Tiller On May 31, 2009, George Tiller, a physician from Wichita, Kansas who was nationally known for being one of the few doctors in the United States to perform late-term abortions, was murdered by Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion extremist. Tiller was killed during a Sunday morning service at his church, Reformation Lutheran Church, where he was serving as an usher. Tiller had previously survived an assassination attempt when a woman shot him in the arms. Roeder was arrested within three hours of the shooting and charged with first-degree murder and related crimes two days later. In November
Kelvin Tiller Vitkay at Bellator 88 on February 7, 2013. However, when Tiller failed to make weight for the third consecutive time, the bout was cancelled and Tiller was subsequently released from his Bellator contract. After parting ways with Bellator, Tiller faced Chris Henning on June 29, 2013 at Epic Fight Night 1: Stinson vs. Kimmons. Tiller won via submission in round one. In November 2013, Tiller signed a multi-fight deal with World Series of Fighting. Tiller was scheduled to face Ronny Markes at on August 9, 2014, but when Krasimir Mladenov pulled out of his fight with Elvis Mutapcic due to