ELLICOTT CITY, MD: Death comes to a Maryland Episcopal church
ELLICOTT CITY, MD: Death comes to a Maryland Episcopal church
Three die in killer's rampage
By Mary Ann Mueller
Special Correspondent
www.virtueonline.org
May 5, 2012
St. Peter's Episcopal Church lost two vital members of its staff Thursday night and Friday afternoon, both victims of an apparent shooting at the hands of a homeless man who lived in the woods nearby the house of worship. The church's administrative assistant Brenda Brewington lie dead, and the church's co-rector the Rev. Dr. Mary-Marguerite Kohn was found barely clinging to life late Thursday afternoon. The two women were discovered by the church custodian in the church office. It was the custodian who called the police.
Howard County police report that 56-year-old Douglas Franklin Jones was known to frequent St. Peter's Food Pantry but, reportedly, had recently become difficult, belligerent and argumentative. There had apparently been in some sort of dispute with St. Peter's church staff members, so he was asked to leave. Police theorized that Jones allegedly returned to the church with a gun. Then the encounter turned into a deadly for the clergywoman and her administrative assistant.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Three die in killer's rampage
By Mary Ann Mueller
Special Correspondent
www.virtueonline.org
May 5, 2012
St. Peter's Episcopal Church lost two vital members of its staff Thursday night and Friday afternoon, both victims of an apparent shooting at the hands of a homeless man who lived in the woods nearby the house of worship. The church's administrative assistant Brenda Brewington lie dead, and the church's co-rector the Rev. Dr. Mary-Marguerite Kohn was found barely clinging to life late Thursday afternoon. The two women were discovered by the church custodian in the church office. It was the custodian who called the police.Howard County police report that 56-year-old Douglas Franklin Jones was known to frequent St. Peter's Food Pantry but, reportedly, had recently become difficult, belligerent and argumentative. There had apparently been in some sort of dispute with St. Peter's church staff members, so he was asked to leave. Police theorized that Jones allegedly returned to the church with a gun. Then the encounter turned into a deadly for the clergywoman and her administrative assistant.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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