Hero Who Stopped Domestic Terrorist at FRC: God Prevented Me from Killing Him

Leo Johnson, building operations manager at the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C, was filling in for unarmed security personnel at the organization’s front desk on Aug. 15, 2012 when Floyd Lee Corkins, 29, entered the building, brandishing a gun, and planning to commit mass murder.

Johnson was shot in the arm while subduing Corkins, taking away his gun, and preventing him from harming anyone else.

“I would give credit to my faith for everything that has happened from that point up until now,” Johnson said in an interview today with CNSNews.com. “I had an opportunity during that altercation when I got the gun from Mr. Corkins to take his life, and it was God who spoke to me and told me to not take his life, to spare his life. And, you know, I’ve never regretted that decision.

Corkins was sentenced today to 25 years in prison by the U.S. District Court for D.C. He had been convicted of three felony charges, including terrorism, for his attack on the FRC.

After he was arrested, Corkins told the FBI he selected the FRC as a target after finding it listed as an “anti-gay” group on the website of the Southern Poverty Law Center. The SPLC included the FRC on a “hate map” on its website.

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