Pastor’s Mother Murdered After Trying to Help Man Outside Church

Two people were shot and killed outside a church in Denver this week.  The shootings occurred at 3 pm right after a service at the New Destiny Christian Center.   Police are saying that the shooting happened after an argument between two drivers, and one vehicle was chasing another at the time.  The associated press has reported that a man crashed his car outside the church, and when members of the church came to his aid, he pulled out his gun and tried to kill them.

A man being chased got out of his car and ran into the church for cover.  A woman came out to see what was going on, and she was shot in the parking lot.  An off-duty police officer at the service went outside and was shot by the man who shot the woman.

“We do have two people shot,” Frank Fania with Aurora police said. “An off-duty officer was in the congregation and was involved in the shooting, but he is okay.”

The woman who died was the mother of the pastor of the church, Delono Strahan.  The off-duty officer was Strahan’s cousin.  The suspect died in the hospital after being shot by police.