“We’re praying for everybody, for their family, friends and neighbors. It’s a tragic loss especially when it happens right there in your neighborhood,” Sheriff Wade told WBRC. “That is a nice area with a bunch of nice people…just not something you would foresee happening in that community.”
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On Friday, roughly 300 people gathered at Oasis of Praise Church to hold a prayer service for the Kendrick family.
During the service, Patrick Cooper, the church’s associate pastor, offered some remarks.
“Your pastor’s the strongest person I’ve ever met in my life,” Cooper said. “He showed it to me this morning less than an hour after the police left. He was already [saying], ‘God’s got this. God’s got it taken care of.’”
”This is a practical lesson in how to deal with grief and how to deal with trouble,” Cooper added. “This is a pastor’s living example right now.”
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Brandon Kendrick is currently being held without bond in the Bibb County Jail. The State Bureau of Investigation has taken over the case.
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