Ohio Pastor Shot, Killed During Sunday Services

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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio pastor has been shot and killed at the pulpit during services at a Dayton church.

A man who witnesses identified as the pastor’s brother was taken into custody.

Authorities have confirmed the shooting reported at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Peter’s Missionary Baptist Church. An official statement has not yet been released.

Witnesses who were in the church said the choir was singing when the suspect walked up to the pastor and opened fire. Parishioners reported streaming out of the church after the shooting.

The pastor later died of his injuries.

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  1. Avatar for litho litho says:

    You know what they say about arms and politeness. I’m sure the man was quite civil when he gunned down his brother the pastor.

  2. I’ll bet a dollar there’s womenfolk involved.

  3. “Parishioners reported streaming out of the church after the shooting.”

    I’m sure this is just a test of their faith.

  4. They were orderly and polite about it.

  5. Ask any fundamentalist (or evangelical) christianist if his god is literally involved in every aspect of life and he’ll say “yes, of course; every hair on your head is numbered and god controls everything”. So, this pastor was killed as part of god’s mysterious plan. It happened all the time in the good ol’ biblical days. Just read the bible and see how many times god uses men to do his killin’! God uses man throughout the bible to even slaughter entire villages. Back then, the bystanders would surely have been shocked at the blatant carnage, but only because they didn’t realize it was god’s handiwork going on. So, the congregation of this little church needs to write this off as simply god’s mysterious will at work on the earthly plane. Amen.

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