JACKSON, Mississippi (KTRK) -- A Mississippi pastor was gunned down while he was opening his church for Sunday service.
Police said 62-year-old Anthony Longino was approached by two men while he was unlocking the doors of the New Bethany Missionary Baptist Church Sunday morning.
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The suspects shot and killed him and then took off with the pastor's pickup truck.
One of the suspects, 22-year-old Marquez Hamilton, was taken into custody and has been charged with capital murder. He allegedly confessed to police that he and his friends had planned to rob the pastor.
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Longino served as the head pastor for the church for more than two decades.