AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING THREE PEOPLE DURING MASS AT A CATHOLIC CHURCH LAST MONTH IS INDICTED BY A BERNALILLO COUNTY GRAND JURY. TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD LAWRENCE CAPENER FACES CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERY.
POLICE SAY HIS INTENDED TARGET WAS ADAM ALVAREZ, THE CHOIR DIRECTOR AT ST. JUDE THADDEUS CATHOLIC CHURCH. CAPENER TOLD POLICE HE DID IT BECAUSE HE THOUGHT ALVAREZ WAS A FREEMASON. CAPENER COULD GET NINE YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED.