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bemildred

(90,061 posts)
Fri May 4, 2012, 01:10 PM May 2012

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.

Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Md-church-secretary-fatally-shot-priest-wounded-3533226.php

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southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
1. I have a brother and nephew living in Ellicott City. This is really really sad to
Fri May 4, 2012, 01:17 PM
May 2012

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.

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
5. I live in a small community and we have had two churches targeted in the past couple of years.
Fri May 4, 2012, 02:59 PM
May 2012

One of the women was pretty badly beaten. Very sad.

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