An Irish bishop has been killed in a shooting in the United States.
Bishop David O'Connell was shot dead in a house in Los Angeles, California on Saturday. Reports say O'Connell, 69, was shot in the upper torso.
LA police has launched an investigation into the shooting, NBC Los Angeles reports. O'Connell, who was originally from Cork but studied for the priesthood at All Hallows College in Dublin, had served as a priest and bishop in LA for over 45 years and had been named an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles by Pope Francis in 2015, Cork Beo reports.
