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The death of Catholic Bishop David O'Connell is reportedly being treated as a homicide, about 24 hours after he was found shot to death in his home in Hacienda Heights. O'Connell, 69, was known as the "peacemaker" in his predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. He was found with a gunshot wound in his upper torso on February 18 in his four-bedroom, three-bathroom home around 1:00 p.m. M. O'Connell has served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles since 2015.
He was presumed dead at the scene, and the unknown perpetrator has not yet been arrested. According to the Daily Mail, police have revealed that the case is now being treated as a murder. "This incident is being investigated as a murder," said the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in a statement.
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David O'Connell was 69 years old.
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In a statement released after O'Connell's death, Father JosĂ© H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles, said: "As a priest and then a bishop here in Los Angeles for forty-five years, Bishop Dave was a man of deep prayer that had a great love for the Blessed Mother. He was a peacemaker with a heart for the poor and immigrants and had a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life would be respected and protected.”
He was also a good friend and I will miss him very much. Please pray with me for Bishop Dave and his family in Ireland. May Our Lady of Guadalupe wrap him in her love mantle, the angels guide him to paradise, and he rest in peace.
Commenting on the recent confirmation that O'Connell's death was being treated as a homicide, the archdiocese wrote on social media that it was a homicide yesterday. This news has deeply disturbed and saddened us. Let us keep Bishop Dave and his family in our prayers.
And let us pray for law enforcement officials who continue to investigate this terrible crime. In this time of sadness and pain, we beg Our Blessed Mother Mary to intercede and be a mother to all of us. O'Connell was born in Ireland in 1953. In 2015, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles by Pope Francis.
He went to All Hallows College in Dublin. O'Connell was ordained to serve the Archdiocese in 1979, first serving as an associate pastor in various parishes. He eventually became an archbishop. Residents of the Los Angeles suburbs were shocked by the news of his death. "It devastated me," said Donna Marie, a local resident, adding: "Everyone is a little shocked right now because things like this don't happen here."
Joso Alvarez, echoing Marie's thoughts, said: "When I first heard the news, I thought I was having a heart attack. I'm surprised it's from a gunshot. Describing O'Connell as a man of the people, he said, "Bishops are often unavailable. They often holed up in the office, but he was in the parish saying a healing mass.
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