A person of interest has been detained in the shooting death of an auxiliary bishop in Hacienda Heights, law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation confirmed to ABC News.
Additional details were not released, but Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna is scheduled to provide more details on the arrest at a 3 p.m. news conference.
O'Connell was found in the room of a home with a gunshot wound to the upper torso. The 69-year-old, who was a priest and later a bishop with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for 45 years, was pronounced dead at the scene. Let us continue to pray for Bishop Dave and his family. And let us pray for law enforcement officials as they continue their investigation into this terrible crime."
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