A congregation is in shock after a beloved religious leader was shot in the head while preaching on a Glendale street corner on Wednesday night. He has life-threatening injuries.
It happened on the northwest corner of 51st and Peoria Avenues around 6 p.m. Friends say Hans Schmidt was standing with a megaphone, preaching the gospel to people passing by, something he’d apparently done countless times before.
Only this time, someone pulled out a gun and shot him. Friends and family can’t understand why. “Who knows why someone would want to take it out on a preacher like that because he’s speaking the gospel and good news to everybody.
He’s out to help the community,” said Henry Branch, who lives nearby. Schmidt also helps lead weekly services at the Victory Chapel as the door director.Paul Sanchez works nearby and said when Schmidt was out preaching, some people drove by screaming and cursing at […]
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