Lane Co. sheriff: fatal shooting at Ore. church

florida native wrote:

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While that makes sence (not an excuse, just sence), where did you read/hear about this?

Whatever the reason it's very sad. I'm sure all the reasons will come out in trial or in sentencing if he pleads guilty.
I do feel bad for the elders that had to witness this crime. I'm sure they will never get it out of their head.

Hoodwinked wrote:

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Whatever the reason it's very sad. I'm sure all the reasons will come out in trial or in sentencing if he pleads guilty.
I do feel bad for the elders that had to witness this crime. I'm sure they will never get it out of their head.

Maybe the society will pay for their counseling sessions. Snicker, snicker. NOT!.........TPMP

http://kezi.com/news/local/174920

EUGENE, Ore.--Nearly 700 people gathered to remember a Lowell man murdered in his own place of worship 10 days ago.



47-year-old Kenneth Mort was allegedly shot to death by his ex-wife's husband.



"He put himself out there for everyone. Even if you weren't a blood relative, you were family to Ken if he knew you," said Mort's first cousin, Matthew Johnson of Oregon City.



That family of nearly 700 packed the Wheeler Pavilion at the Lane County Fairgrounds to honor the man fellow Jehovah's Witness leaders called "humble, generous, and earnest about keeping life simple."



Kenneth Mort was also, they say, a true man of God.



"Always very faithful to the lord," Johnson said.



Johnson said it's a faith Mort took hold of when he was young, and never turned his back on.



"Even as a child, when we were kids, he was the one who always had the faith when the rest of us would stray. Someone kept me straight here when I got older."



But Mort's strong committment to the Jehovah's Witnesses makes his brutal murder that much harder for fellow members and his family to grasp. Mort was allegedly shot to death in his place of worship--the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lowell--by his ex-wife's husband, Robert Riley Gonzales. Gonzales is the step-father of Mort's two only children, according to a family friend.



"Having it done this way, losing him this way, it's unfair to all of us, it's unfair to his family, his kids, I feel so sorry for the kids," Johnson said, choking up.



For a group so dedicated to God, the service centered on dealing with Mort's fate.



"I have bad thoughts for the individual who caused these events, and I ask for forgiveness for those thoughts," Johnson said.



It's an action others were asked to do, because as the elders say, it's what Ken would have done.



"I know where he's at, we all know where he's at, and it's a better place than here."



Mort's fellow Jehovah's Witness elders say it's not just Mort's family they're trying to comfort, but also Gonzales' family.



Gonzales used to be a member of their small congregation in Lowell, and they say being there for both families makes this even more difficult.



Gonzales has plead not guilty to charges of intentional murder and kidnapping for allegedly using a gun to force Mort and four other men back into the building before the shooting.

Authorities still have not disclosed a possible motive.

More proof that god is dead, or at least not very concerned about his followers.
Everytime I hear the prase---our father in heaven---I think---dead beat dad !!!