Flashback: Dallas Area Pastor Danny Kirk Was Bludgeoned With an Electric Guitar By Attacker

Authorities say a North Texas pastor died after a man drove his car into the church and attacked the pastor with an electric guitar. The precise details of what happened are trickling in.  A man exited the wrecked vehicle and assaulted the janitor, who was outside. The secretary locked herself in a storage closet and, according to tweets from reporters covering the story, called police.

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Pastor Danny Kirk's Funeral Service on Saturday, Nov. 3rd at Noon

 Pastor Danny Kirk's Funeral Service on Saturday, Nov. 3rd at Noon

Funeral arrangements are complete for Rev. Danny Kirk Sr., who died Monday in an attack at his church in Forest Hill.

The pastor's funeral will be noon Saturday at Great Commission Missionary Baptist Church, 7700 McCart Ave., Fort Worth. There was visitation on Friday at Veronica Chapel of the Gregory W. Spencer Funeral Directors, and at the church he pastored -- the Greater Sweethome Baptist Church.

Click here to see Rev. Kirk's obituary.

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Dallas Area Pastor Danny Kirk's Death Suspect Was Mentally Ill, Says Wife

Dallas Area Pastor Danny Kirk's Death Suspect Was Mentally Ill, Says Wife

Update on Nov. 1. 2012: The widow of the named suspect, Derrick Birdow said her husband was mentally ill. She stated he had never been diagnosed as mentally ill but was very sick a few days before the killing and did not get help for it. The suspect's wife Shanellia Harris Birdow said she is a member of the slain pastor's church and that her husband only attended a few times. She does not know why he would want to hurt him because he did not know the pastor.

We are praying for the family of the pastor and his congregation in the midst of this tragic incident. We will don't know why this happened but apparently the suspect may have been high on drugs the day he killed Pastor Danny Kirk.

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Texas Pastor Danny Kirk Murdered By Attacker with Guitar, Suspect Dies

Texas Pastor Danny Kirk Murdered By Attacker with Guitar,  Suspect Dies

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Authorities say a North Texas pastor died after a man drove his car into the church and attacked the pastor with an electric guitar.

The precise details of what happened are trickling in.  A man exited the wrecked vehicle and assaulted the janitor, who was outside. The secretary locked herself in a storage closet and, according to tweets from reporters covering the story, called police.

Read the full developing story at AT2W!

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