Pheonix, Arizona
12:23 PM, June 12, 2014
A 28-year-old priest was shot and killed (click here) and another wounded at a Catholic church Wednesday near the state Capitol, a police spokesman said.
12:23 PM, June 12, 2014
A 28-year-old priest was shot and killed (click here) and another wounded at a Catholic church Wednesday near the state Capitol, a police spokesman said.
Police were responding to a burglary call shortly after 9 p.m. at the Mother of Mercy Mission, Sgt. Steve Martos said.
The Diocese of Phoenix released a statement early Thursday identifying the slain priest as Father Kenneth Walker, who is listed as associate pastor at the Mother of Mercy Mission.
Father Joseph Terra, the pastor, was identified as the priest who survived but remained in critical but stable condition, according to the statement....
...A car that police were seeking in connection with the attack was found about four blocks north of the church, Martos said. It was spotted by KPNX-TV reporter Chris Williams, who alerted police.
The car was unoccupied when it was found, and Martos said no suspects have been arrested.
Arizona relies heavily on tourism. If I were a government leader in Arizona I would pay attention.
Gun deaths outnumbered deaths by motor vehicle in Arizona in 2010, (click here) a new report said. Tucson tracks the rest of the state, with more people killed by guns than by cars.
...A car that police were seeking in connection with the attack was found about four blocks north of the church, Martos said. It was spotted by KPNX-TV reporter Chris Williams, who alerted police.
The car was unoccupied when it was found, and Martos said no suspects have been arrested.
Arizona relies heavily on tourism. If I were a government leader in Arizona I would pay attention.
Gun deaths outnumbered deaths by motor vehicle in Arizona in 2010, (click here) a new report said. Tucson tracks the rest of the state, with more people killed by guns than by cars.
The Violence Policy Center, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that advocates for stricter gun regulations, found that 12 states had higher numbers of death from firearms than deaths caused by motor vehicle. Arizona had 931 gun deaths and 795 motor vehicle deaths in 2010.
That same year, Tucson had 37 deaths by motor vehicles and 74 deaths caused by guns within the city limits, said Sgt. Chris Widmer, a Tucson Police Department spokesman. Of the 74 gun deaths, there were 36 homicides, 36 suicides and two accidental deaths....
