Brendan Bartley, another neighbor, said, “I’m hoping it’s targeted, as horrible as that is for the pastor.”
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As they mourn, neighbors have expressed frustration that authorities have not been able to answer their questions.
“We tried getting some information out of them yesterday, but they said it was suspicious,” said Steve Dopke. “The only thing I can think is if it happened on a Sunday, I don’t know if somebody was trying to shake him down. Maybe he was trying to help somebody and it went bad or something. Who knows?”
In a statement, Schonemann’s family said, “Our Dad had such a positive impact on people everywhere he went. We will miss the loving guidance and patience.”
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“There are never enough words to say it all or to say it as well as a person would like. Simply, he is missed,” the statement went on to say.
