Police say a knife-wielding lunatic ran into an Albuquerque, N.M. Catholic church Sunday, jumping pews before stabbing four choir members.
He yelled "fake preacher!" as he started his stabbing spree, witnesses told KOAT.
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Several parishioners jumped on and held down the suspect, identified as 24-year-old Lawrence Capener, an Albuquerque police spokeswoman tells the Daily News.
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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."
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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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