As a follow up:OGDEN — Police have arrested a man accused of walking into a Catholic church and shooting a man in the back of the head during Mass on Sunday in Ogden.
Investigators say 35-year-old Charles Richard Jennings Jr. was captured Sunday afternoon in nearby Box Elder County after fleeing in a stolen pickup truck.
Witnesses say they heard one gunshot during the 11:30 a.m. Mass at Saint James the Just Catholic Church and that parishioners immediately hit the floor.
The victim was taken to McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, where he was listed in critical but stable condition. Police didn’t immediately release his name but did say the victim was deliberately targeted by the gunman and it wasn’t a random act of violence.
While police haven’t disclosed the relationship between the two, parishioners say the victim was the gunman’s father-in-law and there had been problems between the suspect and his wife.
Ogden police say Jennings was apprehended without incident in Box Elder County and thank the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office and the Utah Highway Patrol for their assistance.
Utah?
and what did the perp’s wife do when her husband shot her dad?
The pastor of St. James is Fr. Erik Richtsteig, who writes the Orthometer blog.
I’ve done everyone the service of condensing the story by removing the irrelevent tabloid sensationalization and focused on the relevant facts:
…at St. James Catholic Church on Sunday afternoon…Witnesses said they had just started to say a prayer when a man and woman walked into the church holding hands.
The victim and his wife “were sitting in the back pew off to the right side when their daughter and her husband walked in holding hands,” said Leon Bedford. “He walked up to (the man) and leaned over and pointed his gun at him criminal style and pulled the trigger.”
The gunman then turned around and fled onto Harrison Boulevard, Bedford said. Several members of the congregation chased him.
Police are hunting Charles Richard Jennings Jr., 35. They said he fled in a stolen white GMC pickup.
Hernandez said the congregation was told by the priest that the suspect has been involved in domestic violence and has abused his wife.
“I’m assuming he brought her to church to watch him kill her father on Father’s Day,” she said.
“Bedford said he thinks the man’s actions were premeditated.”
Duh
-——It was about 12:15-——
Bad things can happen is services run beyond noon.