Man yells “fake preacher” during sermon, dives over the pew and stabs 4 choir members

It is not known what provoked the man, who is not a member of St. Jude’s.

“The church service was closing and the choir had just begun their closing hymns when the male offender jumped several pews and quickly walked up the choir area,” Officer Tasia Martinez said by email. “Once there, the offender began stabbing choir members.”

The four victims suffered non-life threatening injuries, Martinez said. The suspect is not a member of St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church on the city’s west side. He faces numerous felony charges, Martinez said.

Police do not know what prompted the attack, which happened around noon Sunday.
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