Police in
Indianapolis district, United States of America, have launched a manhunt for
the killer of a Nigerian pastor, Oluwadayomisi Epenusi.
According to
Fox News, the 66 year old Nigerian was shot to death at the weekend at an
apartment complex near 10th Street and I-465 on the city’s west side.
Friends and
neighbors said Pastor Epenusi had only recently moved to Indiana from Nigeria
where he worked as a pastor
Neighbors
say they heard a series of gunshots early Saturday morning.
“I heard
about 15 gunshots. It was nuts,” said neighbor Kristina Teague. Teague called
911, but by the time police arrived the victim had run back to his apartment
and a roommate then drove the bleeding man to Eskenazi Hospital where he died,
unable to explain to his roommate what led up to the shooting.
“The
roommate said when he was on the way he asked him what happened and why he got
shot, but the man couldn’t say nothing because he was still in pain,” said
Moshood Kafaru.
Kafaru moved
to the United States from Nigeria, as did the victim who worked as a pastor.
“He was just a nice person who would go to work and come home and go to church.
He didn’t talk to nobody. He never bothered nobody,” said Kafaru. Police don’t
know for sure, but Kafaru believes the violence started as a robbery.
“He was
holding a purse. He refused to let it go. They thought he had money in the
purse, but he didn’t want to let it go,” said Kafaru. A large group of
Nigerians live in the apartment complex and those that knew Epenusi say he had
been working hard to help his kids to move to the United States.
“They just
got a visa. That why he was working, so his family can come over here,” said Kafaru.
“He was just an innocent man and it just upsets me that he’s gone just like
that. It’s really sad because he was here sending money to his family,” said
Teague. Police have asked people with information to contact Crime Stoppers.
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