Kansas abortion doctor shot to death at church

(CNN) - Police had a suspect in custody Sunday in the killing of Dr. George Tiller, whose Wichita, Kansas, women's clinic was the epicenter of the state's battles over abortion for nearly two decades, investigators said.

Tiller was one of the few U.S. physicians who still performed late-term abortions, and already had survived a 1993 shooting outside his clinic. He was killed by a single gunshot Sunday morning at the Lutheran church he attended, police said.

His killing drew condemnation from supporters, from some of those who tried to shut down his practice and from President Barack Obama, who had urged Americans to seek "common ground" on the divisive issue just two weeks ago.

"However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence," Obama said in a statement issued by the White House.

Sunday afternoon, authorities took a man into custody near Kansas City after stopping a car that matched a description of the killer's getaway vehicle. No charges had been filed, but Wichita police Detective Tom Stoltz told reporters "We think we have the right person arrested."