Md. church secretary fatally shot, priest wounded
Source: AP
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) The administrative assistant of an Episcopal church was fatally shot and a priest critically wounded in a church office before the suspect took his own life, police said Friday.
Howard County police said they were working to confirm the identity of the suspect, whose body was found Thursday night in the woods near St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Ellicott City, about 14 miles west of Baltimore. Police found a gun nearby.
"The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland is saddened beyond words by the shootings," spokeswoman Sharon Tillman said in a written statement. She said the Maryland bishop, the Right Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton, offered prayers for the victims Thursday night at a chapel in Baltimore, where the diocese is based.
Police identified the slain woman as Brenda Brewington, 59, of Ellicott City. She was pronounced dead Thursday evening at the church.
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southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)hear. I use to be a secretary in a chapel and I never ever felt in danger. I am sure this poor woman felt the same until she saw the gun.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)peace13
(11,076 posts)One of the women was pretty badly beaten. Very sad.