ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE MOTIVE IN THE MULTIPLE STABBINGS THAT TOOK PLACE NEAR THE END OF THE 11AM MASS EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT A CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE CITY'S WEST SIDE. APD OFFICER ROBERT GIBBS TELLS 770 KKOB THAT 24 YEAR OLD LAWRENCE CAPENER IS ACCUSED OF JUMPING OVER SEVERAL PEWS AT ST. JUDE THADDEUS CHURCH, TO ATTACK THE CHOIR DIRECTOR, TWO CHOIR MEMBERS, AND A CHURCH FLUTIST. GIBBS SAYS SOME PARISHIONERS JUMPED CAPENER AND HELD HIM DOWN UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED.
CAPENER WAS BOOKED INTO THE METRO DETENTION CENTER SUNDAY NIGHT ON SEVERAL FELONY CHARGES.
POLICE WERE STILL CLEANING UP SPLATTERED BLOOD IN AND OUTSIDE THE CHURCH AT 10:00 SUNDAY NIGHT. THE FOUR PEOPLE STABBED ARE IN STABLE CONDITION AT AREA HOSPITALS.
ARCHBISHOP MICHAEL SHEEHAN EXPRESSING SHOCK AT SUNDAY'S STABBINGS. HE SAYS IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN HIS 30 YEARS AS ARCHBISHOP THAT HE'S EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. SHEEHAN SAYS HE'S PRAYING FOR THE FOUR VICTIMS. HE SAYS ABOUT 4 THOUSAND CATHOLICS ATTEND MASS AT ST. JUDE THADDEUS ON SUNDAYS. SHEEHAN SAYS HE HOPES HE NOTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN.
