On Monday, we learned more about a string of crimes in Brevard county that left three victims dead and two police officers injured. Sunday afternoon Palm Bay Police were called out to a home on Forgal Avenue near Malabar Road and I-95. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS That’s where they say 24-year-old Brandon Kapas […]
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Victims in deadly Palm Bay, Fla., shooting included priest, killer’s grandfather
A Florida man who killed three people before dying in a shootout with police had an arsenal in his car and may have been planning a huge attack, authorities said Monday. Police responded to a call on Sunday about a man causing a disturbance at a family birthday party in Palm Bay, Fla., about 75 […]
4 dead, including priest and suspect, in Florida attacks that also injured officers
A retired Catholic priest and his sister were among the dead after a man apparently went on a rampage in Palm Bay, Florida, on Sunday, also killing his grandfather and injuring two officers before police fatally shot him, officials said Monday. Officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at a northeast Palm Bay home and […]
Man shot priest and took his car, then shot grandpa at family party, Florida cops say
A man accused of killing a retired priest, the priest’s sister and his own grandfather was shot to death outside his family’s home by police, Florida police said. The man was killed in a shootout that injured two officers, police said. Officers responded to a home after calls about a domestic disturbance at about 2 […]
Priest working at Franklin church removed from active ministry after reports of sexual misconduct, Diocese of Nashville says
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — A priest has been removed from public ministry amid the Franklin Police Department’s investigation into reports of sexual misconduct, according to the Catholic Diocese of Nashville. In a statement released on Saturday, Jan. 6, the diocese said the priest in question served as the associate pastor at St. Philip Catholic Church […]
Small Nebraska town shaken by seemingly random slayings of Catholic priest, woman
FORT CALHOUN, Neb. — The grisly killings of a retiree and then a priest has shocked everyone in tiny Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, including Sheriff Mike Robinson. He’s lived in the community just north of Omaha for 62 years and can’t recall a single homicide before these two. “It really is out of character,” Robinson said. “It’s a […]
Fatal stabbing of Catholic priest in church rectory shocks small Nebraska community he served
FORT CALHOUN, Neb. — The fatal stabbing of a Catholic priest inside the church rectory where he lived has shocked members of the small eastern Nebraska parish he led for the past 11 years. The Rev. Stephen Gutgsell was attacked during a break-in early Sunday morning, and the 65-year-old died despite being rushed to a […]
Iowa man arrested in the death of a Nebraska priest
OMAHA, Neb. — A man has been arrested in the stabbing death of a Catholic priest who was attacked over the weekend in a church rectory in a small Nebraska community, authorities said. The Rev. Stephen Gutgsell was assaulted Sunday “during an invasion” of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, the […]
Catholic priest killed by attack in Nebraska church residence | US crime
A Catholic priest in a small Nebraska community died Sunday after being attacked in a church rectory, authorities said. Stephen Gutgsell was assaulted “during an invasion” of St John the Baptist Catholic church in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, the archdiocese of Omaha said in a Sunday statement. Gutgsell was taken to an Omaha hospital, where he […]