Authorities investigating the killing of a Los Angeles bishop Saturday have made an arrest in the case, law enforcement sources said Monday.
One law enforcement source said O’Connell was found dead in his bed of a single gunshot wound. Multiple law enforcement sources said the investigation so far has revealed no signs of forced entry at the Janlu Avenue home and the crime was not believed to be random.
ARRESTED MAN CONNECTED TO WOMAN WITH KEY TO BISHOPS HOUSE
Few details were immediately available on the arrest. The suspect, a man who was apprehended in Torrance, is tied to a woman with access to the bishop’s home, according to a source with detailed knowledge of the investigation.
The sheriff’s department’s Special Enforcement Bureau posted on Twitter that “a SWAT operation for an armed, barricaded suspect” in Torrance Monday morning “has concluded. Suspect in custody. Kenwood Ave reopened. Neighborhood safe.” However, a spokesperson for the department would not comment on whether the incident was connected to O’Connell’s death.
PAT SAYS
It is now clear that the bishop was shot in his bed and bedroom.
The arrested man is connected to a woman with access to the bishops house.
The murder appeared to happen at 1 pm.
Why was the bishop in bed at 1 pm? Was he ill?
Who was the woman with access to the house – a housekeeper, a cook, a cleaner, a friend?
Who was the man? The woman’s son, husband, partner, friend?
What was the alleged murderer’s motive.
Many questions remain unanswered.
POLICE CHIEF COMFORTS GOMEZ
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