A Dallas church is mourning the loss of one of its youth pastors after he was shot and killed shortly after a morning service on Easter Sunday.
31-year-old Denzel Branch was shot and killed on Sunday afternoon.Dallas police investigators say Branch got into a verbal fight with 30-year-old Joshua Andrews on 56th Street in southeast Oak Cliff. An arrest affidavit acquired by FOX 4 says Andrews was in a romantic relationship with Branch's ex-wife.The fight turned physical. A witness told police Branch hit Andrews through the open window of the vehicle Andrews was sitting in, according to the documents.
Andrews left the scene, but later turned himself in to police.In the arrest affidavit, police say Andrews admitting to intentionally shooting Branch and acknowledged that he should not have done so.Branch was a youth pastor at New Generation Church."Our hearts are deeply saddened by the tragic incident that took place down the street from our church after our morning service on yesterday.
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