Man killed in Nevada church shooting

FALLON, Nev.— Police investigators spent Monday trying to determine why a 48-year-old man opened fire on his Mormon church on Sunday, killing one man and injuring another.

Fallon Police Chief Kevin Gehman said it does not appear that 48-year-old gunman John Kelley O’Connor was targeting the church but instead was focused on an individual victim.

However, it’s unclear whether the target was Charles E. “Bert” Miller, 61, who was killed, or another unidentified man who was shot in the leg. Authorities have not released the second man’s name, but said he has been discharged from the hospital.

O’Connor was charged with murder and battery with substantial harm and was being held at the Churchill County jail in lieu of $1,050,000 bond, the police chief said Monday.

There were about 50 people in the church at the time of the shooting. O’Connor sat in the church for at least part of the services before opening fire shortly after it started, city spokesman Kaitlin Ritchie said. City officials didn’t have details about exactly where O’Connor and Miller were located.

After the shooting, O’Connor walked to his home around the corner from the church. Police and sheriff’s deputies surrounded his home. A hostage negotiator spoke to O’Connor over the phone, and the man agreed to exit and surrender with his hands up, police said.

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