It's unclear how long O'Connell had been dead before sheriff's deputies arrived at the home. He was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. There, they found the 69-year-old O'Connell unresponsive and bleeding from a gunshot wound to the upper torso. Sunday and deputies responded to a home in Hacienda Heights. Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators said they received a medical emergency call at 12:57 p.m.

PHOTO: FILE - Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell, of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, attends a news conference at the Fall General Assembly meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, on Nov. Gomez, the archbishop of Los Angeles, said O'Connell was known as a 'man of deep prayer.' The killing of the beloved bishop sent shock waves through the Los Angeles Catholic community, prompting some parishioners to go to the scene of the O'Connell's death to pray. Medina reportedly had an SUV similar to the one seen pulling up in the bishop's driveway, officials said Monday. MORE: Alleged gunman in custody after 2 Jewish men shot in suspected hate crime: Police O'Connell, who had been a priest and then a bishop during his 45 years with the church, was found dead in a home Sunday in the unincorporated neighborhood of Hacienda Heights after sheriff's deputies responded to an emergency medical call, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office.ĭetectives received a tip Sunday night that Medina was acting strangely and accused O'Connell of owing him money, according to Luna. Medina is the husband of the bishop's housekeeper, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.

Sixty-five-year-old Carlos Medina was arrested in connection with the murder of Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell, officials said at a Monday press conference. Police have identified the suspect in the fatal shooting a long-serving Catholic bishop known as a 'peacemaker' in Los Angeles.

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