On 9/28/2013 at about 9:30 A.M. Pastor Ronald J. Harris Sr. Was gunned down in the middle of his sermon, by congregation member Woodrow Karey in Lake Charles LA. The African American pastor was going about his normal Sunday routine of preaching and holding the weekly services, when he was unexpectedly gunned down by Mr. Karey. At this time deputies and law enforcement officials have no motive or cause for this senseless act. However the investigation continues. Upon picking up Mr. Carey police discovered a shotgun as well as a 22 caliber pstol hidden in the wooded area of his lake charles home.
This excerpt was taken from the huffington post.
‘Myers (The investigating officer) said Pastor Ronald J. Harris Sr. was shot twice by the gunman. The man went into the church while Harris was preaching and “walked up to him and shot him at close range,” Myers said.
The suspect shot him again when Harris fell to the floor.
The pastor was pronounced dead at the scene.
Woodrow Karey, 53, of Lake Charles is charged with second-degree murder and was held in the parish jail Saturday, Myers said. Karey’s bond has been set at million.
The gunman left the church, but Myers said Karey called the sheriff’s office and surrendered.
Myers said after picking up Karey, deputies found two guns in a wooded area – one was a shotgun, the other a .
22-caliber pistol.
Myers said Karey has no known criminal history.
Myers said deputies were “interviewing everybody who was there at the church.”
Family members who answered the telephone Saturday at the Harris home in Lake Charles said there would be no comment. There was no answer at a telephone listing for Karey or at Tabernacle of Praise.”
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