Pastor shot in mouth during carjacking at church also battling cancer, family reveals.
Zionfield Baptist Church Pastor Clemmie Livingston Jr., who was shot in the mouth by carjackers as he was getting ready for a service at his church in Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday, is also battling cancer, his family has revealed.
"They're trying to watch it because they don't want it to spread trying to operate on him," Kevona Livingston, the daughter of the 70-year old pastor, who told ABC 24 that the bullet fired by the carjackers shattered her father’s jaw.
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"It's bone cancer and they shattered his bone,” she said.
The Memphis Police Department told Fox 13 that the pastor was shot just after 9 a.m. Sunday as he stepped out of his church before the start of his Sunday morning service.
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“The victim was shot when he came out of the church as the suspects were stealing a 2019 silver Chevrolet Corvette. As the suspects fled the scene in the stolen vehicle, they fired shots, striking the victim,” a statement from the police said. “A second person who was outside of the church at the time the car was stolen returned fire after the suspects shot first. The victim was in stable condition at the last update.” CP.
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