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LA bishop’s death is being investigated as a murder, sheriff’s officials say
The death of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, found with a fatal gunshot wound Saturday at his home in Hacienda Heights, is being investigated as a murder, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced on Sunday.
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LA County officials, religious leaders react to death of LA Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell
While the death of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell is still being investigated, many took to Twitter to share their condolences from around California and beyond.
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Death of LA bishop jolts Catholics as Lenten season nears
While some worry that the stunning death of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell could cast a shadow over the season of Lent for Southern California’s Catholics, others believe that the parishioners, though they feel the tragedy deeply, will seek solace in their faith and immerse themselves in the annual 40 days of preparation and renewal.
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Los Angeles Officials Investigating Death of Catholic Bishop as a Homicide
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Sunday that it is investigating the death of an auxiliary Roman Catholic bishop who died on Saturday from a gunshot wound as a homicide.
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LA Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell shot dead: ‘He was a peacemaker’
A prominent Los Angeles Catholic official, who served as the community “peacemaker” for over four decades, was fatally shot Saturday in a California suburb.
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Prominent LA Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell’s death ruled a murder: cops
Los Angeles authorities opened a murder probe Sunday into the death of Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, who was found gunned down in his home Saturday afternoon.
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Los Angeles Catholic auxiliary bishop found fatally shot; homicide investigation underway
The shooting death of a high-ranking Catholic Church bishop in Los Angeles is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said Sunday.
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Bishop’s shooting death in LA being investigated as “suspicious”
“He was a peacemaker with a heart for the poor and the immigrant, and he had a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life was honored and protected.”
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LA’s ‘Peacemaker’ Bishop David O’Connell Found Fatally Shot In His Home; Death Ruled A Homicide
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell, a native of Ireland who spent most of his four decades as a priest ministering in LA’s inner city, was shot and killed Feb. 18 in his Hacienda Heights home, a neighborhood east of Los Angeles. His death is being investigated as a homicide, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles early Feb. 19.
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‘Peacemaker’ Catholic Bishop Shot Dead in Southern California
Bishop O’Connell, 69, who was found dead in a room with a gunshot wound to his upper torso, was killed just before 1:00pm, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
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