A husband in the region just last week killed his estranged wife, her daughter, himself and three children, just weeks after the woman taking out an order of protection. Sequatchie, Tennessee, is one of more than 30 communities sent reeling by a family mass killing in the last two years, a list that includes communities of wealth and poverty and spares no race or class. The database defines a mass killing as four or more people slain, not including the assailant. Ten were murder-suicides, and 14 were shootings. In 2022 there were 17 of them, according to a database, compiled by multiple media organizations. They’ve happened nearly every 3.5 weeks for the last two decades on average. Domestic shootings continue to be blight across U.Sĭomestic shootings continue to be a common phenomenon in the U.S. The God I serve doesn’t have a limit, and I’m staying faithful because I know my cup shall run over,’ he added. ‘People with small minds will keep you locked up into what can fit into their heads. However, I never get satisfied with where I am….I’m constantly looking for more,’ he wrote on April 16. ‘At the age of 25, I often hear that I’m far beyond my years. The pastor regularly spoke about his self-growth in Facebook posts. I’m proud to be your husband because you are a woman of class, discretion, integrity, and most importantly….you’re a woman of God,’ he added. ‘I’ve watched your growth on all levels and you’re a great mother, wife, and my best friend. ‘…you’re a great mother, wife, and my best friend. shoots wife Gabby then self in front of their 3 kids at Mississippi hotel. On April 6, Prenell paid tribute to his wife on her birthday calling he r ‘my queen’ and ‘the woman that I love and owe my life to. Their children are in the custody of child protective services.Īccording to Prenell’s Facebook page, he’s a former sheriff’s deputy with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Department up until as recently as December 2022. To date investigators have yet to confirm whether the pastor or his wife survived the attempted murder suicide.Ī Facebook post from a friend of Gabby’s said that the mother was ‘still fighting’ in an intensive care unit.īoth husband and wife were rushed to the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Prenell is alleged to have shot his wife twice and then himself, investigators said. The shooting took place around 3:30pm at the Hampton Inn. Not immediately clear if whether husband or wife survived shootingĪ picture from the scene published by The Enterprise-Journal showed blood-stained floors close to the elevators in the hotel’s lobby in McComb, Mississippi. In a Facebook post that was sent from the Hampton Inn hotel, Prenell captioned a picture with his wife and kids: ‘I may not be a perfect man, but I’ll always be a family man.’ The couple’s three children were present at the hotel where the shootings took place and allegedly witnessed the shootings. The man’s wife was identified as Gabby Prenell, 27. ‘I may not be a perfect man, but I’ll always be a family man.’ These are the words a Louisiana pastor posted on Facebook before shooting his wife then self inside a hotel in Mississippi on Wednesday.ĭanny Prenell Jr., 25, had been the lead pastor at the Bright Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in Pineville, Louisiana. Authorities have yet to confirm if either husband and wife survived shooting. Attempted murder suicide follows haunting Facebook post. shoots wife, Gabby, then self in front of couple’s 3 kids at Mississippi hotel.
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