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Sunday World
13 hours ago
- Sunday World
Woman charged after man shot outside Irish pub in US in row over $20
Another two bullets were lodged in the wall at the National Tax Service near the pub A woman has been charged with attempted murder after a man was shot outside an Irish pub in South Carolina. Officers with the Seneca Police Department rushed to the scene of the incident at Mullin's Irish Pub on June 6 in response to reports of a fight possibly involving a firearm. There, they found the a victim with a gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken to the hospital while officers discovered a parked vehicle nearby that had been shot three times through the windscreen and once in the radiator. A total of seven shell casings and two unspent 9mm rounds were found in the rear car park while another two bullets were lodged in the wall at the National Tax Service near the pub. Carissa Strickland News in 90 Seconds - June 19th It has been reported that the incident was sparked by the victim getting into an argument with two people over $20 they claimed he had stolen. According to the man who was shot, he jumped over a fence to try and get away from them before he was hit in the leg. A friend helped him into a vehicle to take him to the hospital, according to an incident report. Officers later located a grey Dodge Charger belonging to Carissa Strickland (24), who had been identified as a suspect, on June 9. They followed Strickland to her residence on Thomas Heights Circle where a search of the vehicle found a gun and six grams of a green leafy substance similar to marijuana, police said. Strickland was arrested and is facing a series of charges including attempted murder, discharge of a firearm inside the city and two counts of discharging firearms into a dwelling. She has also been charged with possession of a weapon during a violent crime and malicious injury to personal property Strickland has been taken to the Oconee County Detention Center, according to officers.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Yahoo
A man is in custody after the fatal shooting of a beloved Kansas priest
SENECA, Kansas (AP) — An Oklahoma man is being held on suspicion of fatally shooting a Catholic priest at a church rectory in northeast Kansas, authorities said. Officers called to the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca on Thursday afternoon found Arul Carasala with gunshot wounds outside the rectory, the Nemaha County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post. The 57-year-old priest was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he died. Sheriff's deputies and officers with the Seneca Police Department later arrested Gary Hermesch of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Authorities say Hermesch, 66, is being held in the Nemaha County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder. The Associated Press left a phone message with county prosecutor Brad Lippert seeking additional information. Authorities have not released a possible motive for the shooting or said whether the suspect and the priest knew each other. Kris Anderson, the parish's director of religious education, told the AP on Thursday through tears that she knew few details. 'From what we know, an older man walked up to him (Carasala) and shot him three times,' she said. The priest's death left people in shock in Seneca, a city of about 2,100 where Carasala had been the pastor at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church since 2011, according to his profile on the parish website. He was ordained as a priest in 1994 in his native India and had served in Kansas since 2004. He became a U.S. citizen in 2011. Archbishop Joseph Naumann of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas said in a Facebook post that there was no ongoing threat to the community, but that he recognized the 'pain and shock' the priest's death had brought to the community. 'This senseless act of violence has left us grieving the loss of a beloved priest, leader, and friend,' he wrote. Seneca is about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Topeka, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Kansas City and about 300 miles (480 kilometers) north of Tulsa.
The Independent
04-04-2025
- The Independent
A man is in custody after the fatal shooting of a beloved Kansas priest
An Oklahoma man is being held on suspicion of fatally shooting a Catholic priest at a church rectory in northeast Kansas, authorities said. Officers called to the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca on Thursday afternoon found Arul Carasala with gunshot wounds outside the rectory, the Nemaha County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post. The 57-year-old priest was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he died. Sheriff's deputies and officers with the Seneca Police Department later arrested Gary Hermesch of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Authorities say Hermesch, 66, is being held in the Nemaha County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder. The Associated Press left a phone message with county prosecutor Brad Lippert seeking additional information. Authorities have not released a possible motive for the shooting or said whether the suspect and the priest knew each other. Kris Anderson, the parish's director of religious education, told the AP on Thursday through tears that she knew few details. 'From what we know, an older man walked up to him (Carasala) and shot him three times,' she said. The priest's death left people in shock in Seneca, a city of about 2,100 where Carasala had been the pastor at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church since 2011, according to his profile on the parish website. He was ordained as a priest in 1994 in his native India and had served in Kansas since 2004. He became a U.S. citizen in 2011. Archbishop Joseph Naumann of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas said in a Facebook post that there was no ongoing threat to the community, but that he recognized the 'pain and shock' the priest's death had brought to the community. 'This senseless act of violence has left us grieving the loss of a beloved priest, leader, and friend,' he wrote. Seneca is about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Topeka, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Kansas City and about 300 miles (480 kilometers) north of Tulsa.
Associated Press
04-04-2025
- Associated Press
A man is in custody after the fatal shooting of a beloved Kansas priest
SENECA, Kansas (AP) — An Oklahoma man is being held on suspicion of fatally shooting a Catholic priest at a church rectory in northeast Kansas, authorities said. Officers called to the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca on Thursday afternoon found Arul Carasala with gunshot wounds outside the rectory, the Nemaha County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post. The 57-year-old priest was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he died. Sheriff's deputies and officers with the Seneca Police Department later arrested Gary Hermesch of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Authorities say Hermesch, 66, is being held in the Nemaha County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder. The Associated Press left a phone message with county prosecutor Brad Lippert seeking additional information. Authorities have not released a possible motive for the shooting or said whether the suspect and the priest knew each other. Kris Anderson, the parish's director of religious education, told the AP on Thursday through tears that she knew few details. 'From what we know, an older man walked up to him (Carasala) and shot him three times,' she said. The priest's death left people in shock in Seneca, a city of about 2,100 where Carasala had been the pastor at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church since 2011, according to his profile on the parish website. He was ordained as a priest in 1994 in his native India and had served in Kansas since 2004. He became a U.S. citizen in 2011. Archbishop Joseph Naumann of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas said in a Facebook post that there was no ongoing threat to the community, but that he recognized the 'pain and shock' the priest's death had brought to the community. 'This senseless act of violence has left us grieving the loss of a beloved priest, leader, and friend,' he wrote. Seneca is about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Topeka, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Kansas City and about 300 miles (480 kilometers) north of Tulsa.
The Independent
04-04-2025
- The Independent
A man has shot and killed a Catholic priest at his parish rectory in northeast Kansas
A Catholic priest was shot and killed Thursday by a man who approached him at his parish rectory in the town of Seneca, Kansas, church officials said. 'I am heartbroken to share the tragic news of the death of Fr. Arul Carasala, who was fatally shot earlier today," Archbishop Joseph Naumann, of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, said in a Facebook post. "This senseless act of violence has left us grieving the loss of a beloved priest, leader, and friend.' Carasala had been the pastor at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca since 2011, according to his profile on the parish website. He was ordained as a priest in 1994 in his native India and had served in Kansas since 2004. He became a U.S. citizen in 2011. A post on the parish Facebook page said the priest was shot at the the church rectory and died shortly after at the local hospital. 'A suspected shooter is reportedly in custody,' the post said. Kris Anderson, the parish's director of religious education, told The Associated Press they knew few details. "From what we know, an older man walked up to him and shot him three times,' she said, adding that she didn't know who shot him or why. People answering the phones at the Seneca Police Department and at the Nemaha County Sheriff's Office declined to comment. They referred calls to County Attorney Brad Lippert, who was traveling and did not immediately return a call or an email from The Associated Press seeking details on the shooting. The archbishop said in his post that there was no ongoing threat to the community, but that he recognized the 'pain and shock' the priest's death had brought to the community of about 2,100 people in northeastern Kansas, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Topeka and about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Kansas City. 'Fr. Carasala was a devoted and zealous pastor who faithfully served our Archdiocese for over twenty years, including as dean of the Nemaha-Marshall region,' he wrote. 'His love for Christ and His Church was evident in how he ministered to his people with great generosity and care. His parishioners, friends, and brother priests will deeply miss him.'
