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Las Cruces police investigate explosions near Calvary Baptist, Holy Cross

LAS CRUCES >> Explosions about a half hour apart shattered the serenity of morning services at two Las Cruces churches Sunday, but caused no injuries and only minor damage, police said. The explosions happened at Calvary Baptist Church, 1800 S. Locust, shortly after 8 a.m. and Holy Cross Catholic Church, 1327 N. Miranda, about a half hour later. The explosion at Holy Cross took place in a trash…

Church security a top priority in the wake of Charleston violence

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The murders in Charleston, South Carolina are at the forefront of many people's minds in religious circles. Suspect Dylann Roof walked into a church that had little security and welcomed him with open arms and shot nine people to death. The violence begs the question: Could this happen here? And, what safety measures are in place? We did some digging and when it comes to…

Shelby police dashcam video shows Charleston shooting suspect’s arrest

Shelby police on Monday released dashcam video of the arrest of Dylann Storm Roof, the 21-year-old white man accused of killing nine African-Americans during Bible study in a Charleston church with deep roots in the black community. The video confirms the Shelby Police Department’s account that Roof surrendered meekly after he was approached by officers about 16 hours after the mass shooting at…

Church shooting site to re-open; FBI reviews manifesto

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A small group of parishioners was allowed inside the bullet-scarred Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church on Saturday, getting a firsthand glimpse of the room where nine people from their congregation were slain. Meanwhile, the FBI said it was investigating a manifesto purportedly written by the suspected gunman, 21-year-old Dylann Roof. The website linked to Roof…

Arizona sheriff sending armed posse into black churches

PHOENIX — A sheriff on trial, accused of harassing some members of a minority community, will send armed volunteer posse members into 60 black churches Sunday in response to the racially motivated attack in South Carolina earlier this week. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who already is under federal supervision because of a ruling two years ago that his office racially profiled Hispanics in…

Details into Charleston shooting suspect’s background emerge

COLUMBIA, SC (WMBF) – There are new details emerging into what happened in the months leading up to the moment police say Dylann Roof opened fire inside a Charleston church, killing nine people. The 21-one-year-old is from the Midlands area, but Friday morning he was behind bars more than 100 miles away, facing charges in the mass killing at Emanuel AME Church. Roof's parents haven't spoken about…

Judge sets $1M bond on weapon charge; Church shooting suspect to remain in jail on murder charges

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) – A judge set bond at $1 million on a single weapons charge against the suspect in a shooting at a downtown Charleston church, but bond was automatically denied on nine murder charges. Dylann Roof, 21, appeared in bond court at 2:15 p.m. Friday.  Relatives and family representatives of the nine people attended the hearing and several relatives spoke to the court during the…

Man dead after bizarre church outburst

INDIAN LAKE — A man is dead after bursting into a church service Saturday and causing a disturbance.

State Police said Jason M. Berg, 44, of Indian Lake entered St. Mary's Church on state Route 28N around 4:43 p.m. and started shouting obscenities and throwing objects at parishioners. Two people in the crowd were injured by the objects and had to be treated at Glens Falls Hospital.

As Berg…

$1M bond set for suspect in slaying of Phoenix priest

PHOENIX (CBS5) – Bond was set at $1 million for a 54-year-old ex-convict arrested in the shooting death of a 28-year-old Phoenix priest.

Phoenix police confirmed Gary Moran, a homeless man with an extensive criminal record, was arrested Sunday night and jailed on suspicion of shooting the Rev. Kenneth Walker multiple times at Mother of Mercy Mission Catholic Church in south Phoenix on June 11.

Phoenix Police release suspect description in priest attack

PHOENIX (KSAZ) – Phoenix Police are still investigating the murder of one priest and the assault on another.

56 year-old Father Joseph Terra made a 9-1-1 call Wednesday night after he was brutally attacked at the rectory at the Mother of Mercy Mission.

"My assistant chased him, he's ben beaten, right now he's beaten," said Father Terra.

His assistant, 28 year-old Father Kenneth Walker was…

After Phoenix attack, priests to focus on forgiveness

Today and Sunday, some of the Valley's Catholics will file into pews, seeking the kind of comfort they can only find in community.

Across the city, priests who would normally compose homilies about Father's Day and the mystery of faith celebrated on Trinity Sunday will instead talk about the shooting death of one priest and the beating of another on Wednesday night.

Father Kenneth Walker,…

Phoenix mayor: Priest’s killing ‘strikes at our core’

PHOENIX (CBS5) -  The Rev. Kenneth Walker was a simple man, but one who served his Catholic parish in downtown Phoenix faithfully in the two years since he was ordained.

But his service to the congregations of Mother of Mercy Mission Catholic Church was cut short when he was gunned down in the church during an attack that also left another priest hospitalized in serious but stable condition.

Phoenix priest killed, another wounded in attack

A 28-year-old priest was shot and killed and another wounded at a Catholic church Wednesday night near the state Capitol, a Phoenix police spokesman said.

Police were responding to a burglary call shortly after 9 p.m. near 16th Avenue and Monroe Street at the Mater Misericordiae (Mother of Mercy) Mission, Sgt. Steve Martos said.

The Diocese of Phoenix released a statement early Thursday…

Gunman Enters Jewish Museum in Rampage, Kills Four; Attack Presumed Anti-Semitic

Three people were killed on-site and another fatally wounded when a gunman attacked the Jewish Museum in the center of Brussels on Saturday, authorities said. 

"Two women and one man are dead, a third person is in hospital," Interior Minister Joelle Milquet said at the scene, shortly after the attack. "We don't yet know if they were tourists or staff, they haven't been identified."

Asked…

Shreveport man convicted of 2013 aggravated kidnapping, carjacking from Broadmoor Baptist parking lot

A Caddo Parish jury unanimously convicted Donnie Ray Baker Jr. of the April 19, 2013, aggravated kidnapping and carjacking that put dozens of lives at risk, as the stolen car veered through busy rush-hour traffic.

"I am firmly convinced that it was this man's intention to take the young lady and her car, drive away where they could not be observed and- I think- ultimately to kill her," Caddo…

Anti-Christian graffiti spray-painted on Be’er Sheva church

Anti-Christian graffiti was sprayed at the entrance to a church in Be'er Sheva's Old City on Friday, just two days before Pope Francis I is due to begin his tour of the Holy Land.

Police who arrived at the scene immediately began searching for the unknown suspects, who wrote "Jesus is a son of a bitch" on the wall surrounding the church in Rehov Ha'avot.

Brig. Gen. Peretz Amar, head of the…

Antique statue stolen from Caister church found

Rev Tim Thompson, rector at Holy Trinity Church in Caister, said the 17th century marble bust of William Crowe was toppled from its plinth during a daylight raid almost two weeks ago.

The theft had damaged the “historic identity” of the seaside community, he said.

But, thanks to church property being recorded, the bust has been recovered. It is currently in police custody while officers…