Bishop David O’Connell.Photo: Julio Cortez/AP/Shutterstock

Bishop David O’Connell, of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, attends a news conference at the Fall General Assembly meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, on Nov. 17, 2021, in Baltimore. O’Connell was found dead in Hacienda Heights, Calif.,, of a gunshot wound, according to the Los Angeles Times Bishop Shot, Baltimore, United States - 17 Nov 2021

A man whose wife worked as a housekeeper for a beloved Los Angeles Catholic bishop was arrested in connection with his murder on Monday.

Carlos Medina was taken into custody after an hours-long standoff with police at his Torrance home, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said at a press conference.

He is accused of killing 69-year-oldAuxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, who was found shot to death in his home in Hacienda Heights on Saturday afternoon.

Medina is the husband of O’Connell’s housekeeper and had previously done work at O’Connell’s residence, according to Luna.

Luna said Medina drove a similar dark, compact SUV that was seen in surveillance footage at the O’Connell’s home around the time of the murder.

O’Connell was found dead in his bedroom around 1 p.m. Saturday with “at least one gunshot wound to the upper body.”

A firearm was not recovered at the scene and there was no forced entry into his home, said Luna.

At Medina’s home, detectives recovered “two firearms and other evidence possibly linking Medina to the crime,” Luna said.

Bishop David O’Connell.Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty

Bishop David O’Connell, of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles' San Gabriel Pastoral Region, chairs the immigration task force for the Archdioceses of Los Angeles, Orange County and San Bernardino. O’Connell stands before a painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe who he reveres on Wed., March 8, 2017. “Keep listening to the people who are suffering,” he said to the task force.

The diocesan news siteAngelus Newsreports that O’Connell was born in County Cork, Ireland, and ordained in the Los Angeles Archdiocese in 1979.

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“He was a peacemaker with a heart for the poor and the immigrant, and he had a passion for building a community where the sanctity and dignity of every human life was honored and protected,” Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angelessaid in a statement.

“He was also a good friend, and I will miss him greatly. I know we all will. Please join me in praying for Bishop Dave and for his family in Ireland. May Our Lady of Guadalupe wrap him in the mantle of her love, and may the angels lead him into paradise, and may he rest in peace,” Gomez’s statement added.

O’Connell’s death was mourned Sunday evening in a vigil in Hacienda Heights,KTLA reports.

source: people.com