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Posted on 01/02/2006 7:39:23 PM PST by gregwest
CHESAPEAKE - A 21-year-old Mormon missionary died Monday night after he and his partner were shot while going door-to-door in the Deep Creek area.
The other missionary, age 19, was in serious condition at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Monday night, Chesapeake police said.
Police did not release the victims’ identities.
According to police the two missionaries were walking in the 2600 block of Elkhart Street off George Washington Highway about 6 p.m. when they were approached by another man. The man shot them both and fled on foot.
One of the victims ran to The Charity House, a nearby nursing home, to seek help.
Police described the suspect as a black male, about 5’10’’ wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and jeans. He was last seen heading toward Janice Lynn Court, which backs up to Elkhart.
The two missionaries had bicycles, but were not riding them at the time.
A group from the Mormon church, known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, waited in the consultation room at the Norfolk General emergency room Monday night. They declined to comment.
According to the church’s official web site there are more than 60,000 Mormon missionaries, mostly young men and women who volunteer to spread the church’s message for one and a half to two years all over the world, at their own expense.
There are apartment buildings at the end of Elkhart Street, and some residents could not leave or return to their homes for a time Monday night.
Police, working in a moderate rain, had the street blocked off a short way off George Washington Highway.
“This is close to home,’’ said resident Bobby Gatling. He has lived on the block for two years. “Nothing like this has ever happened here before.’’
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
Reach Jim Washington at (757) 446-2536 or jim.washington@pilot online.com.
Most Mormon missionaries are white. I have never had a black Mormon come to my door. Jehovah's witnesses are more diverse. I have had black, Asian, and white Jehovah's witnesses visit.
I admire all missionaries of all denominations who try to spread peace and love in this very troubled world.
Offering my prayers
This isn't funny, and you didn't mean your post that way, but you made me chuckle when you said it couldn't be a robbery. I remember when someone tried to rob a muslim bookstore in Chicago years ago. At that time I thought, yeah buddy, there's a cash heavy business, good show butt head.
When I saw the head line however, my heart fell. Such a senseless thing. Prayers and thoughts.
I pray in solidarity.
My eldest son got hit in the head with a egg-sized rock thrown by some local boys while visiting a tough neighborhood in Manchester, England on his mission. It almost knocked him unconscious and his first thought was anger and retaliation. But then he remembered why he was there, staunched the wound with a cloth, and got on with the work.
My second oldest son was regularly in places in and near Riverside, California, that seemed quite unsafe.
Most missionaries are white and of European extraction, but by no means all of them. These days you likely to run into a lot of darker-skinned Samoan, Tongan, or South American missionaries assigned to missions in the United States. One of the missionaries in our area here in Utah is ethnic Tongan, from Compton, California ( a very rough neighborhood). He's a fine young man.
Yup.
Or a botched robbery.
Or simply didn't like the way they looked.
prayers & bump
What kind of a jerk would do something like this?
Prayers and bump, indeed.
You're still an idiot. WHy don't you go to a Ford dealership to find out about a Chevy?
That's right. It never is.
Thanks for your input to the death of a fine young man, jackass.
Jesus 1. The first spirit to be born in heaven was Jesus, (Mormon Doctrine, page 129.) 2. Jesus and Satan are spirit brothers and we were all born as siblings in heaven to them both, (Mormon Doctrine, p. 163; Gospel Through the Ages, p. 15.) 3. Jesus' sacrifice was not able to cleanse us from all our sins, (murder and repeated adultery are exceptions), (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 3, p. 247, 1856.)
I googled this topic and came up with this site. I was told these very things by a Mormon I used to work with and got to know very well. He also told me that salvation is through works and not the blood of Christ alone. Other things that he told me are in the article from the link.
I read that the mormon church thru most of its history considered the black race a cursed race. Because of Cain.
I agree. I am not Mormon but my sister is, and I have known several missionaries over the years (including one of my nephews). It is hard to fathom someone doing this, but there is such evil in the world.
Prayers for their families, and for the soul of the young man who died. And, I bite my tongue and pray for the guy who did the shooting as well. Of course, I still think he should face justice, but I pray he finds Jesus as well.
susie
As much as I disagree with their views, I have always liked the Mormans I have known. Clean cut and conservative.
I had a close friend who was approached by a gang of Blacks in Norfolk and beaten. He was out jogging and didn't even know any of them. Fortunately they weren't really trying to kill him, just roughed him up.
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