Attacks on Churches | Random-No Motive | Timeline 2012
April 22, 2012 Pastor's mother shot at Destiny Christian Center Josephine Echols, African American mother of the pastor at Destiny Christian Center near Aurora Colorado was shot and killed when she ran out to investigate when suspect 29-year-old Kiarron Parke Kiarron Parker crashed his nearly new Dodge charger into the parking lot. Parker tried to shoot at church members who rushed outside, but when his gun started working, he hit Echols. Parker's friend told police that Parker became upset Sunday afternoon and left in a car, while his friend followed in another car.Parker had several previous arrests in Aurora, the site of the "Batman" theater massacre, for drug possession, traffic violations, failing to appear, theft and resisting arrest. P olice announced it was a "complete random act, the church wasn’t targeted". Yet it seems very similar to other "random" attacks on black churches, clergy and youth pastors in 2013
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April 22, 2012 Pastor's mother shot at Destiny Christian Center Josephine Echols, African American mother of the Pastor at Destiny Christian Center near Aurora Colorado was shot and killed when she ran out to investigate when suspect Kiarron Parker crashed his new Dodge charger into the parking lot. It is not known if the church was targeted or random. Courage of Josephine Echols, who was killed in church parking lot, saved lives, minister says funeral service held at the Potter’s House of Denver on May 2, 2012.By KIRK MITCHELL The Denver Post May 2, 2012 Echols, 67, a registered nurse, was shot to death April 22 after she heard a car crash and ran from her church to help whoever might be hurt. She had no weapon for protection; her shield was her faith in God, Hill said.Echols was then shot five times outside the New Destiny Christian Center where her son Rev. DeLono DeShan Straham was the pastor.
Pastor's mom shot, killed outside church - NY Daily News Josephine Echols slaying: Killer Kiarron Parker's PCP-fueled past (47 ... westword Apr 25, 2012 - Aurora Police have now identified the man who killed Josephine Echols outside a church service officiated by her son as Kiarron Parker, extensive criminal record, much of it having to do with narcotics. For instance, as CBS4 reports, he spent three years in stir in Colorado after being convicted of possessing a controlled substance. released in 2008, but it didn't take long for him to get into more trouble, this time in Oklahoma. His former lawyer told the Associated Press that in February 2009, Parker smoked some pot without realizing it had been sprinkled with PCP -- an extra ingredient that presumably contributed to a subsequent car accident. He was jailed, then released without the filing of charges. roke into a home, took off all his clothes and then jumped out a window after the abode's residents returned. Next step? Forcing his way into a second home, where he assaulted a cop placed behind bars from December 2009 until this past November. At that point, notes CBS4, the remainder of his hefty sentence (due to run through 2021) was suspended in the wake of his successful completion of education and, yes, substance abuse programs. .. Parker was parked in a car when he got into a fight with a friend. drove off, winding up at the Destiny Christian Center (why did he pick this target instead of a walmart?) appears Echols died trying to help a person involved in a car crash who wound up killing her instead. church ending members of the congregation heard a car crash outside. Tarrell Martin, who served as musician in the church band. But rather than being grateful for the assist, the man involved in the wreck freaked out on Martin instead, pulling a gun and chasing after him, but jammed and got away gun began working again, and the man started firing it in the direction of Martin. In the process, his shots struck Echols. ...
Police identify man who shot, killed pastor's mother at church | FOX31 ... Kiarron Parker, 29, of Denver officer is the cousin of Pastor DeLono Straham, and nephew of ...
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Police call shooting of Flint native Josephine Echols in Colorado church parking lot 'a complete random act'
By Roberto Acosta | racosta1@mlive.com
on April 24, 2012 at 7:45 PM, updated April 24, 2012 at 7:49 PM
AURORA, COLORADO -- Police have identified the suspect in the shooting death of 67-year-old Flint native Josephine Echols as 29-year-old Denver resident Kiarron Parker.
Frank Fania, a public information officer for the Aurora Police Department, said Parker became upset Sunday afternoon and left in a car while being followed by a friend in a separate vehicle."He took off in his own car at a high rate of speed," he said. "His friend lost him along the way."
The friend asked someone on the street if they'd seen a recent accident, Fania said, and they pointed in the direction of the church.
Fania said Parker drove down an alleyway and up over a landscape median before he struck a car in the parking lot of Destiny Center Church.
"That’s where he got out of the car," said Fania. "It was fairly close to the church where the church services were going on. That’s where the suspect pulled out a gun and started shooting."
Parker tried to shoot at several church members who had come outside to try and help, but Fania said his gun did not fire at first.
View full sizeAurora Police Department29-year-old Kiarron Parker, of Denver, is suspected of shooting 67-year-old Flint native Josephine Echols. Parker was shot and killed by an off-duty Denver police officer.
By the time it was corrected, Faria said "The next person the gunman sees is Mrs. Echols" whom he shot multiple times according to an autopsy completed Tuesday.
Echols, a nurse who'd recently worked at the Medical Center of Aurora, had gone outside to find out if the driver involved in the crash needed any help when she was shot.
An off-duty Denver police officer, the cousin of Pastor Delono Straham whose mother was killed during the shooting, then shot Parker who later died in a local hospital.
Parker had several previous arrests in Aurora, a Denver suburb, for drug possession, traffic violations, failing to appear, theft and resisting arrest, said Fania, who said police believe the church was not an intended target.
"Being a complete random act, the church wasn’t targeted," Fania said.
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2012/04/police_call_shooting_of_flint.html
Police call shooting of Flint native Josephine Echols in Colorado church parking lot 'a complete random act'
By Roberto Acosta | racosta1@mlive.com
on April 24, 2012 at 7:45 PM, updated April 24, 2012 at 7:49 PM
AURORA, COLORADO -- Police have identified the suspect in the shooting death of 67-year-old Flint native Josephine Echols as 29-year-old Denver resident Kiarron Parker.
Frank Fania, a public information officer for the Aurora Police Department, said Parker became upset Sunday afternoon and left in a car while being followed by a friend in a separate vehicle."He took off in his own car at a high rate of speed," he said. "His friend lost him along the way."
The friend asked someone on the street if they'd seen a recent accident, Fania said, and they pointed in the direction of the church.
Fania said Parker drove down an alleyway and up over a landscape median before he struck a car in the parking lot of Destiny Center Church.
"That’s where he got out of the car," said Fania. "It was fairly close to the church where the church services were going on. That’s where the suspect pulled out a gun and started shooting."
Parker tried to shoot at several church members who had come outside to try and help, but Fania said his gun did not fire at first.
View full sizeAurora Police Department29-year-old Kiarron Parker, of Denver, is suspected of shooting 67-year-old Flint native Josephine Echols. Parker was shot and killed by an off-duty Denver police officer.
By the time it was corrected, Faria said "The next person the gunman sees is Mrs. Echols" whom he shot multiple times according to an autopsy completed Tuesday.
Echols, a nurse who'd recently worked at the Medical Center of Aurora, had gone outside to find out if the driver involved in the crash needed any help when she was shot.
An off-duty Denver police officer, the cousin of Pastor Delono Straham whose mother was killed during the shooting, then shot Parker who later died in a local hospital.
Parker had several previous arrests in Aurora, a Denver suburb, for drug possession, traffic violations, failing to appear, theft and resisting arrest, said Fania, who said police believe the church was not an intended target.
"Being a complete random act, the church wasn’t targeted," Fania said.
Pastor's mother killed in church shooting | 9news.com
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Apr 22, 2012 - The pastor of the church, De Lono Straham, tells 9NEWS his mother,Josephine Echols, lovingly called "Mother Jo" by church parishoners, ...
Courage of Josephine Echols, who was killed in church ... - Denver
www.denverpost.com/.../courage-josephine-echols-who-was-kill...May 2, 2012 - Had Josephine Lee Echols not rushed from church into the face of danger, there would have been many more people to mourn, a minister said ...
Josephine Echols slaying: Killer Kiarron Parker's PCP-fueled past (47)
blogs.westword.com/.../josephine_echols_shooting_destiny_cent...Apr 25, 2012 - Update: Aurora Police have now identified the man who killedJosephine Echols outside a church service officiated by her son...
Police call shooting of Flint native Josephine Echols in Colorado ...
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Apr 24, 2012 - Echols, a nurse who'd recently worked at the Medical Center of Aurora, had gone outside to find out if the driver involved in the crash needed ...
Josephine Echols « CBS Denver
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One week ago a gunman opened fire outside an Aurora church killing a woman.Josephine Echols was shot dead in the church parking lot last Sunday.
Funeral Wednesday For Mom Killed At Church « CBS Denver
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May 2, 2012 - Funeral services for 67-year-old Josephine Straham Echols will be Wednesday morning at The Potter's House of Denver, about two miles north ...
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