- A Roman Catholic bishop was found dead.
- Bishop David O’Connell was discovered in Hacienda Heights.
- The street in question is a residential street lined with ranch-style one-story residences.
Los Angeles: A Roman Catholic bishop in Southern California was found dead Saturday of a gunshot wound.
Bishop David O’Connell was discovered in Hacienda Heights at 1 p.m., according to the sources.
Homicide detectives responded to “a shooting death investigation,” according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. At the location, a male adult victim was discovered and proclaimed dead.
The street in question is a residential street lined with ranch-style one-story residences.
Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez announced the death, stating O’Connell, a priest and later a bishop in the city for 45 years, “passed away unexpectedly.”
“It is a shock and I have no words to express my sadness,” Gomez said in a statement, calling him “a good friend.”
“Bishop Dave was a man of deep prayer who had a great love for Our Blessed Mother,” he said. “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 were honored and protected.”
Hacienda Heights is an unincorporated community about 30 kilometers east of downtown Los Angeles.
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