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Morning Briefing: Bishop’s shooting death; recusal of state AG’s wife; Huntington Beach officer honored
Catholics in Los Angeles and elsewhere are mourning the death of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell Sunday, one day after the longtime cleric was found dead of a gunshot wound at a home in Hacienda Heights, prompting a murder investigation.
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Shooting death of ‘peacemaker’ Catholic bishop in Los Angeles investigated as a homicide
The shooting death of a Los Angeles Catholic bishop is being investigated as a murder, police said.
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Murder investigation launched after death of Los Angeles bishop
Auxillary Bishop David O’Connell, known as a peacemaker and a man of deep prayer, was found dead in his home with a single gunshot wound.
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Police investigate death of Los Angeles bishop
Described as a “peacemaker,” Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell was found dead in a home in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles officials said.
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Murder investigation opened into LA bishop’s death after suicide ruled out
The fatal shooting of an auxiliary Roman Catholic bishop with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was identified as a murder after cops ruled out suicide, according to officials and reports.
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A Catholic bishop was killed in California over the weekend, investigators say
A Catholic bishop who church leaders remembered as a “peacemaker” was found dead of a gunshot wound on Saturday.
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Parishioners mourn loss of Bishop David O’Connell
Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was murdered at a home in Hacienda Heights this weekend. Authorities are still investigating.
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Suspect arrested in murder of beloved Los Angeles bishop
Bishop David O’Connell was found dead with a gunshot wound to the torso Sunday after sheriff’s deputies responded to an emergency medical call.
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ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES’ AUXILIARY BISHOP DAVID G. O’CONNELL DIED TODAY UNEXPECTEDLY
Archdiocese of Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell for the San Gabriel Pastoral Region died unexpectedly today, February 18, 2023. The cause of death is yet …
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Man arrested in Catholic bishop’s killing had worked for him
A man arrested Monday in the weekend killing of a Catholic bishop that shocked Los Angeles religious and immigrant communities is the husband of the victim’s housekeeper and had done work at his home, authorities said.
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