The killing of Los Angeles Bishop David G. O'Connell brings disbelief and mourning.
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.
“He worried for the people, especially the immigrant community,” said Claudia Sandoval, who with her brother, Javier Velasquez, drove from South Los Angeles to leave a bouquet of purple and white roses at a street-corner memorial of flowers and candles by the home where the bishop lived. They sought to honor the man they knew some 15 years ago when O’Connell was a pastor at St. Michael’s Church, one of five South Los Angeles parishes that O'Connell served over the years.
On Sunday people placed flowers near the house where Bishop David O'Connell was killed in Hacienda Heights the day before. Deputies responding to a call for a medical emergency shortly before 1 p.m. Saturday found O'Connell with a gunshot wound to his chest. 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 Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department release a statement saying the death “is being handled as a murder investigation.
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