Pro-homosexual man wanted to kill all workers at pro-marriage organization

- April 15, 2014

WASHINGTON (WJLA) -The man who planned a mass shooting in the headquarters of the Family Research Council, a conservative lobbying group, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday.

Prosecutors replayed Corkins' FBI interview, where he said his plan was to "kill as many people" as he could.

They also showed Corkins buying the weapon days earlier, which just happened to be captured by French TV doing a story on guns.

“A security guard’s heroism is the only thing that prevented Floyd Corkins II from carrying out a mass shooting intended to kill as many people as possible,” said U.S. Attorney Ron Machen in a statement. “Our entire community is thankful to the hero who stood up to this heinous attack."

Throughout the sentencing hearing were many comparisons of what happened at the Navy Yard three days prior, when a mentally deranged gunman killed 12 people.

"We know what many of those families are going through and in fact there are members of our staff that had friends that were at the Navy Yard that were shot and killed on Monday," Tony Perkins, of the Family Research Council, said.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.