
Arizona Community Still Seeks Answers After Christian Preacher Shot in Head While Street Evangelizing
Published on December 4, 2023
Nearly three weeks after a young pastor was shot in the head while preaching on a busy street corner in Glendale, Arizona, frustration is mounting within the local Christian community over the lack of an arrest in what many believe to be a hate crime. Hans Schmidt, 26, the outreach director at Victory Chapel First Phoenix Church, a father of two, was shot while expressing his Christian faith at a well-trafficked intersection shortly after 6 p.m. on Nov. 15, according to law enforcement. Anthony Gaspar, a Glendale resident and member of a local Christian-based outreach group, told The Epoch Times that many in the church community believe the case isn’t getting the kind of attention it deserves as the result of a societal double standard....
