NEW ORLEANS — The daughter of a Louisiana pastor who was killed at a revival service says that if her father could talk to his killer, he’d say, “I forgive you and I love you.”
The man accused of shooting Ronald Harris Sr. on Friday in Lake Charles was once a member of the Tabernacle of Praise Worship Center but left about four years ago, Talisha Harris said Sunday.
The preaching had not yet begun Friday night when the gunman burst into the sanctuary. Harris said neither she, her brother nor her mother knows why. Woodrow Karey, 53, of Lake Charles stopped going to church but didn’t display any animosity, she said.
Karey, who has no known history of crime or mental troubles, called to surrender minutes after the shooting and told deputies where to find a shotgun and a .22-caliber pistol he had left in nearby woods, said Kim Myers, spokeswoman for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office. The Associated Press
