What is James Kopp?
{{Infobox criminal|name=James Kopp|image=James Charles Kopp.jpg|birth_date={{Birth-date and age|2 August 1954}}}} '''James Charles Kopp''' (born August 2, 1954) is an [[Americans|American]] [[criminal]]. He was found [[Guilt (law)|guilty]] of [[murder]] in 2005 for [[gun|shooting]] [[Dr. Barnett Slepian]] to death in 1988. Kopp said the reason he shot the [[Medical doctor|doctor]] was that he was against the [[abortion]]s that the doctor did. ==Murder of Slepian== On October 23, 1998, Slepian, his wife, and their four children came home from [[synagogue]] ([[Judaism|Jewish]] [[church]]). Kopp waited outside the home with a [[rifle]]. He shot Slepian in the back through a [[window]] while Slepian was in the kitchen. Slepian's wife and son Andrew were standing in the same room with him.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/nyregion/20kopp.html?_r=1&ref=james_c_kopp |title=Life Term for Killer of Buffalo-Area Abortion Provider |date=2007-06-20 |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=14 June 2010}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kopp, James}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American people convicted of murder]] [[Category:American prisoners]] [[Category:American Roman Catholics]] [[Category:American terrorists]] [[Category:Criminals from California]] [[Category:People from Pasadena, California]]