Thursday, October 10, 2013

Baptist pastor arrested in triple murder

Pastor Kenneth A. Keith of the Main Street Baptist Church was arrested for a triple murder at a pawn shop in Danville.

On September 20 a man walked into ABC Gold, Games and More and fatally shot husband and wife owners Michael Hockensmith, 34, and Angela Hockensmith, 38, of Lincoln County along with Daniel P. Smith, 60, of Richmond.
Police were called by the 9-year-old son of the Hockensmiths who was also in the store at the time of shootings along with his 2-year-old sister. The children were not shot.
Source: Pastor arrested in Danville triple murder by Harold J. Adams

The motive has not yet been established, but it is thought to be a robbery gone wrong.