According to the sheriff’s department, who described the circumstances of his death as “suspicious,” Catholic bishop David O’Connell seems to have been shot in the upper torso.
A Catholic bishop who spent more than four decades serving Los Angeles’ inner city has been shot dead at the age of 69, authorities confirmed Saturday.
According to the sheriff’s department, who described the circumstances of his death as “suspicious,” the bishop seems to have been shot in the upper torso. “I learned he was found deceased in the room, bleeding,” a spokesperson for the sheriff’s said in a statement. After news of his death broke, dozens gathered outside his home, offering prayers and lighting candles in honor of the deceased bishop.
Los Angeles police have not yet disclosed whether a firearm was recovered from the scene of the incident.
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