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October 23, 2015

7th Church Set Ablaze in St. Louis as Arsons Continue 
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Another church has been set on fire in St. Louis, the seventh in a spate
of arsons over the last two weeks. The blaze at the Shrine of St. Joseph
follows deliberate fires at six predominantly black churches this month.
St. Joseph is the first that is primarily white. St. Louis Fire
Department Chief Dennis Jenkerson said officials are expanding their
search for whoever is responsible.

Dennis Jenkerson: "We recognized a pattern a week ago. Like I said, it's
starting to disturb a lot of people. We've got a lot of people on the
street. We handbilled today up in the north area, making sure people
were aware of the rewards that are being offered by various
organizations, whether it's the state of Missouri or Crime Stoppers. So
we'll be back out again in the morning, making sure we're going to
expand our area of focus, because it looks like who's ever doing this
has expanded theirs."

 

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