Catholic Priest Dead, Another Wounded After Attack In Arizona Church
Another day and another shooting takes place, this time in a Phoenix church where one priest was killed.
The police seem to think it was a robbery, but there doesn't seem to be a day when someone isn't shot and killed. I'm just happy it wasn't in a school.
A priest was killed and another critically wounded in an attack at a Catholic church in Phoenix, police said early Thursday.
The Rev. Kenneth Walker was fatally shot, and the Rev. Joseph Terra is hospitalized in critical condition, police and church officials said. It was not clear what type of weapon was used to attack Terra, Sgt. Steve Martos of the Phoenix Police Department said.
A 911 call came in about 9 p.m. Wednesday (12 a.m. ET Thursday) from the Mater Misericordiae (Mother of Mercy) Mission Catholic Church, Martos said.
The emergency call to police was for a burglary and was made by Terra, Martos said. It was unclear if Terra made the phone call before or after he was injured. When police arrived, they found the two priests badly injured. Walker died at the hospital.