Disbelief after L.A. bishop who devoted his life to others is brutally gunned down

[douglas9]

The shooting death of a beloved, high-ranking Catholic official rocked both his devoted parishioners and those in the Los Angeles immigrant rights community whom he had served for decades.

Auxiliary Bishop David G. O'Connell, 69, was killed Saturday afternoon in the Catholic archdiocese-owned home in Hacienda Heights where he lived alone.

On Sunday the street in front of the sprawling ranch house was crowded with homicide detectives and crime scene technicians alongside parishioners who came to grieve the religious leader who ministered to their South Los Angeles communities for nearly half a century.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-19/folo-on-death-of-bishop-dave-oconnell

[hlthe2b]

1. There once was a "code" that protected Priests from harm. Not sure it always applies to gangs

in major cities--much less the mentally ill. Beyond that, I won't speculate.

[shrike3]

4. Cartels in Mexico have been killing priests.

Though granted they kill a lot of people. The targeting of priests gets no coverage here.

[Mike Nelson]

2. How sad...

... he seems like someone who really "got" the points Jesus Christ makes in the NT.

[shrike3]

3. Arrest made.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-20/la-me-bishop-killed-arrest

Authorities have arrested the husband of a woman who worked as a housekeeper for Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell in connection with the slaying of the beloved Los Angeles cleric, officials said Monday.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna identified Carlos Medina as the suspect in the slaying. He did not cite a motive but said a tipster had told authorities Medina was acting strangely after the killing and claimed that the bishop owed him money. Luna said Medina is 65; however, jail records show the suspect as 61. He is being held in lieu of $2-million bail.

Luna said detectives connected Medina to the crime from a surveillance video that showed a vehicle at the O’Connell home about the time of the killing, a “dark, compact SUV.” Weapons were found at Medina’s home in Torrance, and Luna said ballistic tests are pending.