A man is in critical condition after being shot in the head while preaching Wednesday on a street corner in a Phoenix suburb.
Hans Schmidt, 26, was shot near Victory Chapel — the church where he serves as outreach director — at around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday before a service began, the church said. No arrests have been made, according to the Glendale, Arizona, police department.
“Family’s just devastated. We all are,” said Victory Chapel Pastor Gary Marsh told The Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network, on Friday.
Victory Chapel is a Pentecostal church and its services draw about a hundred attendees, according to Marsh. At the time of the shooting, Schmidt had been preaching, asking people attend a service.
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