The death of an auxiliary bishop with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is being handled as a murder investigation.
The sheriff's department said detectives are investigating this as a suspicious death though no further details were released.An auxiliary bishop with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was shot to death Saturday afternoon in Hacienda Heights, authorities confirmed.The shooting death of an auxiliary bishop with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in Hacienda Heights is being investigated as a murder, authorities confirmed.
Bishop David O'Connell was found in the room of a home with a gunshot wound to the upper torso. The 69-year-old, who was a priest and later a bishop in L.A. for 45 years, was pronounced dead at the scene.The sheriff's department, which initially described the incident as a "suspicious death," has not released information regarding a suspect or suspects. Investigators told ABC News that suicide was ruled out overnight.Earlier on Saturday, Archbishop José H.
O'Connell, who was born in Ireland in 1953, was named an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles by Pope Francis in 2015. He was the chairman of the Interdiocesan Southern California Immigration Task Force, helping coordinate the church's response to immigrant children and families from Central America.
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