Minister shot dead, deacon wounded before funeral

Minister shot dead, deacon wounded before funeral
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Records: There was a yearlong dispute between gunman and minister

Rev. Donald Fairbanks Sr., Dowdell Cobb were shot Saturday morning

Shootings happened just before the funeral of a 71-year-old woman


COVINGTON, Kentucky (AP) -- A gunman fatally shot a Cincinnati minister and wounded a church deacon just after the two men arrived at a northern Kentucky church to attend a funeral, police said.

Court records in Hamilton County, Ohio, revealed a yearlong dispute between the accused gunman and the minister, the Rev. Donald Fairbanks Sr.

Fairbanks and Dowdell Cobb were shot just before 11 a.m. Saturday, police said. The gunman chased one of the men to a nearby park, where he shot the man a second time, said Lee Russo, the police chief in Covington, Kentucky.

It was unclear which of the men was shot in the park.

Frederick L. Davis, of Covington, quickly surrendered to police and was charged with murder, first degree assault, criminal mischief and violating an emergency protection order. He was being held without bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Monday
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