Trinity United Church Choir Conductor Found Shot To Death 24 Dec 2007
Three Members Of Trinity United Church Murdered between Nov. and Dec. 2007.
A man who worked as a choir conductor and school teacher was found Dec 2007 shot to death. The victim is 47-year-old Donald Young. Young’s death has been ruled a homicide.
Donald Young, a 47-year-old choir master at former Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s Trinity United Church of Christ—the same congregation that Obama has attended for the past 20 years. Two other young black men that attended the same church—Larry Bland and Nate Spencer—were also murdered execution style with bullets to the backs of their heads—all within 40 days of each other, beginning in November 2007.
“He was one of those success stories, the average person would look at and say he doesn’t have a chance,” said Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Trinity United Church of Christ.
And yet, before his death , Donald Young succeeded mightily. He was a choir conductor at Trinity United Church of Christ for many years. Amateur video shot just last week shows him doing what for him wasn’t a profession but a calling.
“He came to our church when he was 12 years old. And he wasn’t brought because of his mother and father. He just came because of the other kids and became active in the church,” Reverend Wright said.
As for the investigation, so far police aren’t saying much, other than that they are still conducting interviews. As you might expect, Young’s family really wants this case solved. As ABC7 left the Young home Thursday evening, one of Donald Young’s sisters said “we want answers. We want peace.”
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