LDS Missionary (Eagle Scout) murdered in Va

[scoutldr]

It is with great sadness and embarrassment that I report that this happened in my geographic area this week. Elder Young was reportedly an Eagle Scout from Bountiful, Utah. Not sure about Elder Heidbrink. More prayers are in order for a fellow Scout and his family. The world is becoming crazy. What will it take to stop the senseless violence?

 

 

CHESAPEAKE Police have recovered a gun that they believed was used to shoot two Mormon missionaries in Deep Creek Monday night, killing one of them, and announced in an afternoon statement that they have identified persons possibly involved.

 

According to the statement, investigators believe Morgan Young and Joshua Heidbrink were shot because they witnessed a crime as they went door-to-door on Elkhart Street.

 

After hearing shots fired, a man ran up to them, pulled a gun and shot both of them. Heidbrink checked on Young, then ran toward a nearby nursing home for help, according to a family member. As he approached the nursing home, he heard several more shots.

 

Young, 21, died at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and Heidbrink is expected to recover from his injuries.

 

Young had been a missionary for nearly two years and was expected to return home to Bountiful, Utah, in March. Heidbrink, 19, had been on his mission for two months. He is expected to return with his family to his home in Greeley, Colo.

 

See also

 

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3369285

 

 

 

 

[SueM]

This is my area too and I thought that I'd add that an arrest was made last night. I was not able to see the evening news but the last I had heard the police were still trying to determine if the 2 had witnessed another crime or why they were shot. The 2nd young man is recovering...

 

sue m.