Mass Shooting #5

Source Material: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/catholic-mass-shooting-utah_n_3452993.html?ir=Crime

OGDEN, Utah —

A 35-year-old man has been arrested

on suspicion of walking into a Catholic church and shooting

his father-in-law in the back of the head during Mass.

Charles Richard Jennings Jr., 35, was captured 
Sunday afternoon in nearby Box Elder County

after fleeing in a stolen pickup truck,

investigators said.

Witnesses say they heard one gunshot

during the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday at

Saint James the Just Catholic Church in Ogden,

and that parishioners immediately hit the floor.

The victim was taken to a hospital,

where he was listed in critical but stable condition.

His name wasn't immediately released.

Police said the victim was deliberately

targeted by the gunman

and it wasn't a random act of violence.

"We don't know the motive,"

 Ogden police Lt. Danielle Croyle

 told The Salt Lake Tribune.

"It is a domestic violence-related incident."

Parishioner Rebecca Ory Hernandez said

 the congregation was told by a priest

that the suspect and his wife had been involved

in domestic disputes.

Hernandez was sitting close to the victim

when the shooting occurred,

she said.

"The guy walked up to his father-in-law and shot him point blank in the head,"

 Hernandez told Ogden's Standard-Examiner.

"Then I ran over to the victim and pulled

 my scarf off

and put it around his head.

"He was pretty calm.

 There was so much blood...

 People were in shock

and some people were passing out.

 We have some military guys

 in our parish

and they ran out after the guy," she added.

Parishioner Leon Bedford said the victim

was sitting in a back pew with his wife

when their daughter and son-in-law

walked in holding hands

as the congregation started saying a prayer.

"Oh, it's obvious it was well planned out,"

Bedford told the Standard-Examiner.

"They came into the church hand in hand,

and he walked right up to (the victim) and pulled that trigger.

 We just hope and pray that he makes it."

Jennings is accused of stealing the truck

at gunpoint from a nearby resident

after fleeing the church.

 He was booked on charges

of attempted aggravated criminal homicide

and aggravated robbery.

Further details about the shooting

 will not be released until a news conference

Monday morning at McKay-Dee Hospital, officials said.

A family spokesperson and a police representative

will be on hand to discuss the case and status of the victim,

hospital spokesman Chris Dallin said.