Posted on 01/26/2022 2:40:46 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
The slain husband of a former Miss America contestant was tragically gunned down in front of his wife and two-year-old son in a rough Alabama neighborhood while educating impoverished strangers about the powers of God, his friends and family say - just days after the couple celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary.
Thomas Hand Jr., 37, who considered himself a born-again Christian, was sharing information about Christianity in the Montgomery area on Saturday with his wife and toddler when a man - mumbling - walked up to him and shot him, his friends told DailyMail.com.
His wife, former Miss Mississippi Christine Kozlowski Hand, 33, confirmed the account in a brief interview with Dailymail.com on Wednesday, saying: 'What you said is true. It was a complete random act of violence.'
Hand Jr. - a fitness buff and ex-competitive bodybuilder - discovered God in 2018 and soon became infatuated with Christianity. He and his wife made it a Saturday tradition to visit low-income areas in Alabama and share religious teachings.
'He tried to spread the word of God, and he was shot,' longtime friend Kevin Rayan told DailyMail.com.
A 17-year-old was arrested in the Montgomery shooting and faces a charge of capital murder in the death of Thomas Hand Jr., 37, on Saturday afternoon, according to police, who later named the suspect as Jerimiah Walker of Montgomery.
Walker is being held at the Montgomery County Detention Facility. Police did not immediately disclose the motive or details of the January 22 slaying, which happened about 4:30 p.m. on the 3100 block of Texas Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey said Monday that the city was 'under siege' by criminals following a weekend of violence in Alabama's capital.
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Prayers for his wife and son. Tragic story.
That makes me glad I’m an old man...LOL
Infatuated indeed. Michelle Thompson is infatuated with sin and self righteous arrogance!
“Is the whole city that bad?”
I’m in Alabama, but not Montgomery. I would venture to say that, like almost every city in the U.S. these day, if you stay away from the black areas you’ll be okay. Unfortunately, that seems to be increasingly difficult to do.
How many times does a guy have to die?
I saw that, too.
They act like he’s believing in unicorns and mermaids.
Uh...
This, I despise the media.
Matthew 7:6
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
‘infatuated with Christianity’ what the heck’s that supposed to mean?
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