Florida murder suspect prays with sergeant outside church following arrest

A Florida murder suspect was captured at chapel Sunday morning — and before he was dragged away to prison, he imparted a request to the sergeant who busted him, as per specialists.

The peculiar situation worked out in Polk District when sheriff delegates went inside the congregation in order to find 56-year-old John Skeen, specialists said.

Skeen was spotted and consented to go outside without disturbing the help that likewise turned out to be gone to by the delegates’ chief, Polk Area Sheriff Grady Judd.

In any case, after Skeen left, he needed to return inside, the Polk Region Sheriff’s Office said.

Skeen purportedly inquired as to whether he could go to the remainder of the help so he could “commit his life to the Master prior to going to prison,” the sheriff’s office said.

That solicitation was immediately excused, yet the sergeant split the difference and told Skeen the two could ask together before he was reserved back at central command.

“Furthermore, that is exactly the thing they did,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a news discharge. “Suspect and delegate implored together beyond the congregation, and afterward off he went to prison.”

Florida murder suspect prays with sergeant outside church following arrest

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Sheriff Judd was at the congregation Sunday since he was a visitor speaker at the assistance.

Skeen is blamed for lethally shooting one of his companions during a verbal squabble Friday, the Hillsborough District Sheriff’s Office said. The suspect, casualty and another buddy were on a fishing trip at the hour of the deadly gunfire, specialists said. He’s confronting a second-degree murder with a gun charge.

“What ought to have been a tomfoolery fishing trip loaded up with extraordinary recollections, transformed into a lamentable end of the week,” Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister said in an explanation. “Brutality is never the answer for a conflict. Our hearts are with this casualty’s family and we trust this capture will carry a feeling of conclusion to the friends and family.”