(CP) – Hours after warning his flock that the devil would seek to kill and destroy them for being witnesses to God’s power in the world, David Charles Evans, a beloved Oklahoma pastor, was shot dead inside his home Monday morning, where his wife was also present.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in a release that just after 1 a.m., officers from the Ada Police Department responded to a 911 call in the 1400 block of Northcrest in Ada. They found the 50-year-old Evans, who leads the Harmony Free Will Baptist Church, severely wounded.
Paramedics would later pronounce him dead at the scene. Agents told News 9 that Evans’ wife was also in the home. “At this point in time, there are a lot of questions that we are trying to work through,” Public Information Officer for the OSBI, Brook Arbeitman, said. “It just didn’t seem real, just seemed like kind of a bad dream,” a close friend of Evans’ told KFOR.
“He was such a beloved person. He’s not somebody who has enemies. He’s not somebody who has even people who dislike him as far as we know.” Calls made by The Christian Post to Evans’ home and church went unanswered Wednesday, but the OSBI said in their statement that Evans’ death is being investigated as a homicide, and anyone who saw or heard anything should contact them immediately at (800) 522-8017 or [email protected]. READ MORE
