A South Florida faith community is left devastated after their lead pastor was stabbed to death by a homeless man he allowed to shelter at the church building.
Police arrested 44-year-old James Dawkins in connection with the murder of Antwane Lenoir, 41 – an armed security guard and a pastor at Westview Baptist Church in Miami, FL.
Dawkins, the church’s musician, reportedly stayed at the church building with Lenoir’s permission.
But Lenoir had called a locksmith to change the locks at the church. A verbal disagreement began between Dawkins and Lenoir and quickly grew heated.
According to police, without provocation, Dawkins stabbed Lenoir in the neck multiple times before running off.
When Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived they found Lenoir’s body in the church parking lot and pronounced him dead on arrival.
The following day, police found Dawkins and took him into custody.
According to authorities, he offered “self-serving” testimony and “was determined not to be consistent with the evidence obtained throughout the course of the investigation.”
Dawkins now faces one count of first-degree murder.
Meanwhile, those who knew Lenoir are mourning his death.
“He was a very nice man, and he would give you the shirt off his back,” his cousin,
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