{"id":22834,"date":"2014-06-16T16:42:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T22:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=22834"},"modified":"2014-12-26T23:05:41","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T06:05:41","slug":"police-arrest-suspect-in-fatal-priest-shooting-suspect-had-been-out-of-prison-for-two-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2014\/06\/police-arrest-suspect-in-fatal-priest-shooting-suspect-had-been-out-of-prison-for-two-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrest Suspect in Fatal Priest Shooting. Suspect had Been Out of Prison for Two Months."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Gary Michael Moran has been charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of Father Kenneth Walker, Associate Pastor at Mother of Mercy Mission Catholic Church in Phoenix AZ.<\/p>\n

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Mr Moran has also been charged with first degree burglary and armed robber with a deadly weapon. He was arrested after DNA evidence linked him to a van which was stolen during the robbery\/murder. It sounds as if Mr Moran may have confessed to the crime since an article from KTAR.com<\/a> says that he told police that he \u201cshot one of the priests after the man came to the aid of the priest struggling with Moran in a hallway.\u201d<\/p>\n

It appears that Father Walker attempted to help the parish\u2019 Senior Pastor, Father Joseph Terra, when he was being attacked by Mr Moran. I\u2019ve read that Father Terra gave last rites to Father Walker after he was shot. Father Terra called 911. He told the dispatcher that Father Walker was not breathing at that time.<\/p>\n

From KTAR.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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PHOENIX \u2014 Bail was set at $1 million Monday for the man accused of fatally shooting one priest and brutally beating another at a Phoenix church.<\/p>\n

Gary Michael Moran, 54, was charged with the first-degree murder of Rev. Kenneth Walker at Mother of Mercy Mission Catholic church near 15th Avenue and Monroe Street last week.<\/p>\n

Rev. Joseph Terra was also attacked, but survived. He is expected to recover.<\/p>\n

Police arrested Moran late Sunday based on DNA evidence lifted from a van belonging to the church that was taken from the site but found several blocks away.<\/p>\n

Moran also was charged with first-degree burglary and armed robbery with a deadly weapon. In court documents, Moran told police that he shot one of the priests after the man came to the aid of the priest struggling with Moran in a hallway.<\/p>\n

Walker was shot with a gun that was inside a rectory bedroom.<\/p>\n

According to the state\u2019s\u00a0Department of Corrections website<\/a>, Moran had been in prison on aggravated assault charges from 2006 until late April.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gary Michael Moran has been charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of Father Kenneth Walker, Associate Pastor at Mother of Mercy Mission Catholic Church in Phoenix AZ. Mr Moran has also been charged with first degree burglary and armed robber with a deadly weapon. 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