Police Search For The Killer Involved In A Church Homicide

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Today was the archetypal Sunday work held since the execution of 69-year-old Evelyn Player.

WJZ spoke with the pastor of Southern Baptist Church who says it’s clip we each travel unneurotic to forestall tragedies similar this from happening again.

“It was a precise tragic and traumatizing occurrence that happened present astatine our church,” said Donte Hickman, pastor of Southern Baptist Church.

A assemblage and religion inactive mourning the nonaccomplishment of 69-year-old Evelyn Player.

“It truly caused truthful overmuch despair wrong our church, knowing that Evelyn was a large person,” said Hickman.

A mother, grandma and dedicated subordinate of Southern Baptist Church.

“I’ve been conscionable moving, trying to support moving … (but to )but I find myself sometimes with overwhelming sadness and tears,” said Hickman.

Pastor Donte Hickman reflects connected Player’s selfless character.

“A batch of radical travel to take, but Evelyn was 1 that gave, adjacent until to her death, and that’s a void we volition decidedly consciousness for the days and months and years to come,” said Hickman.

Sunday the archetypal religion work was held since her murder.

“Nobody could person ever expected that thing similar this would hap adjacent successful the location of God,” said Hickman.

Player was recovered stabbed to decease wrong the bath of the East Baltimore religion Tuesday.

Police accidental she showed up astatine the religion aboriginal that greeting to fto contractors wrong the building.

“She did not merit for this to person happened to her,” said Hickman.

Mayor Brandon Scott condemned the brazen act.

“Think astir the deficiency of attraction and beingness that idiosyncratic has to bash to a elder successful a church,” said Scott.

As detectives proceed their probe into a idiosyncratic of interest, pastor Hickman shared a connection for church-goers Sunday.

“That it becomes adjacent much evident and evident that the religion indispensable proceed to enactment wrong the community, to reconstruct people,” said Hickman.

And for the idiosyncratic liable for Evelyn Player’s death, helium had this to say:

“We commune for you and we commune for different radical similar you who are victims of that benignant of evil yourself,” said Hickman.

Pastor Hickman says they are seeking grief counseling to assistance header with Player’s murder.

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