Breaking: A 61-year-old man whose wife worked as Bishop David O'Connell’s housekeeper was charged Wednesday with one count of murder in the shooting death of the much lauded religious leader.
in his bedroom with “at least one gunshot wound to the upper body,” L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna said.
Surveillance video also showed a “dark, compact SUV” — believed to belong to Medina — at O'Connell’s home at about the same time the killing took place, authorities said. “He never said anything offensive,” said Francisco Medina Lopez, 74, a neighbor who said he was friendly with Medina. “It’s so strange.”
But Medina Lopez said he always thought well of his neighbor, who would sometimes give him a ride to the swap meet or nearby stores. Born in County Cork, Ireland, O'Connell studied for the priesthood at All Hallows College in Dublin and was ordained in 1979, according to the archdiocese.
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