Breaking: Authorities investigating the killing of Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O'Connell have made an arrest in the case, law enforcement sources said.
Deputies answering a call for a medical emergency shortly before 1 p.m. Saturday found O'Connell. Paramedics later pronounced him dead at the scene. A couple who live on the quiet tree-lined street said they heard no gunshot or other unusual noise before the arrival of firefighters and ambulance crews.Not until Sunday morning did the Sheriff’s Department release a statement saying the death “is being handled as a murder investigation.
O'Connell served as founder and chairman of the interdiocesan SoCal Immigration Task Force, helping scores of children who entered the United States without adult companions. “For me, it really is a labor of love,”. “This is, I think, what our schools and parishes are all about. Not just for unaccompanied minors but for all our children. There’s an epidemic of hurting children, even the ones who have too much. They feel we’ve abandoned them.
In the 1990s, O'Connell gained a reputation for seeking to bridge relations between residents of riot-torn neighborhoods and local law enforcement after the police beating of Rodney King. L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna on Sunday called the bishop a “peacemaker” who “had a passion serving those in need while improving our community.”Parishioners at St.
México Últimas Noticias, México Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
LA Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell shot dead: ‘He was a peacemaker’“He was a peacemaker with a heart for the poor and the immigrant, and he had a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life was honored and protected.&…
Leer más »
Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell shot and killed in CaliforniaDavid O'Connell, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, was shot and killed in his home on Saturday. He was found with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Leer más »
Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell fatally shot in Hacienda HeightsLASD deputies confirm that David O'Connell, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, is dead after fatal shooting in Hacienda Heights. He was 69.
Leer más »
LA County officials, religious leaders react to death of LA Auxiliary Bishop David O’ConnellWhile the death of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell is being investigated as a murder, many people from around California and beyond took to Twitter to share their condolences.
Leer más »
Prominent LA Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell’s death ruled a murder: copsThe county sheriff’s office did not provide any more details into the Hacienda Heights slaying of the 69-year-old prominent local Catholic priest.
Leer más »
Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Shot DeadDavid O’Connell was named as a bishop by Pope Francis in 2015.
Leer más »