Man shot in the back after being baptized in Honolulu church

Published May 15, 2016

Authorities say a man shot in the back after being baptized inside a Honolulu church is in stable condition.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports (http://bit.ly/1XsF7vG) paramedics treated 60-year-old Tali Talitonu for a gunshot wound to the back at the Samoa-Tokelau Seventh-day Adventist Church on Saturday.

The victim's nephew, Taleni Asuega, says up to 100 people, including many children, were spilling out into the courtyard when a woman pulled out a gun and shot Talitonu once in the back, near his right shoulder.

He says a church elder grabbed the shooter's gun hand, pointing the weapon away from the victim and the crowd, and disarmed her.

Asuega told the newspaper that the woman is also a member of the congregation. He says he doesn't know what prompted the violence.

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Information from: Honolulu Star-Advertiser, http://www.staradvertiser.com

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