Arrest Made in Fatal Shooting of LA Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell

California police arrested a suspect in connection to The shooting death Fox News received information from law enforcement sources about Catholic Bishop David O’Connell.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department The identity of the individual has not been revealed. O’Connell, Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese Los Angeles, was killed in an altercation at his Hacienda Height home on Saturday.

Responding to the shooting, deputies were called., They arrived on the scene to find O’Connell with a gunshot wound in the chest. 

On the spot, he was declared dead.

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On Sunday, Bishop David O’Connell was killed. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)

“It’s very early in the investigation,” Sunday, Detective Michael Modica from the Homicide Bureau at Sheriff’s Department said. “We got a lot more steps we have to take to make more determination to what’s happening.”

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Pope Francis, at the age of 69, named O’Connell Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese Los Angeles.

Archbishop José H. Gomez announced the news During Mass Saturday

“Our beloved Auxiliary Bishop David O’Conell has passed away unexpectedly,” He stated. “It’s a shock and I have no words to express my sadness. As a priest and later a bishop here in Los Angeles for forty-five years, Bishop Dave was a man of deep prayer who had a great love for Our Blessed Mother. He was a peacemaker with a heart for the poor and the immigrant, and he had a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life was honored and protected.”

A community memorial service is hosted by Bishop David OConnell, St. Cornelius Catholic Church. (Robert Gauthier/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Bishop David O’Connell of Los Angeles’ Archdiocese’s San Gabriel Pastoral Region was killed and shot in his home. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)

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“He was also a good friend, and I will miss him greatly. I know we all will,” Gomez continued. “Please join me in praying for Bishop Dave and for his family in Ireland.  May Our Lady of Guadalupe wrap him in the mantle of her love, and may the angels lead him into paradise, and may he rest in peace.”

This is still a developing story. Stay tuned for new updates.

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