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Florida Pastor Fatally Shoots Wife After Threatening To Kill Her On Camera

Roommates, a heartbreaking and shocking incident recently left members of a Florida church devastated. Members of the Floodgates of Heaven International Ministries are devastated after their Ghanaian Prophet Sylvester Ofori was charged with fatally shooting his wife, Barbara Tommey, outside her job at the Navy Federal Credit Union just two days before their fifth wedding anniversary last Tuesday in Florida.

A spokesperson for the Orlando Police Department told the Orlando Sentinel that Sylvester Ofori, 35, who leads the church and has more than 60,000 followers on social media, attacked his wife, Barbara Tommey, 27, just before 9 am near the front door of Navy Federal Credit Union on the 4600 block of Gardens Park Boulevard.

We are all devastated. I have no words. Im just devastated, a representative of the church told media outletson Thursday morning. The representative said while their church has not been meeting for in-person services during the coronavirus pandemic, she didnt see any signs there was trouble in their pastors marriage.

Im at a loss for words right now. I cant even think about it, she said, remembering the pastors wife as a very beautiful person, inside and out.

In a court appearance Wednesday, prosecutors told a judge that Tommeys killing was caught on surveillance video.Video surveillance, which shows Mr. Ofori not only shoot his wife but then stand over her body and put additional rounds into her head, a prosecutor noted in court, according tolocal news outlets.

Police Chief Orlando Rolon said at a press conference that based on the video footage you can tell that shes trying to get inside. Unfortunately, he shoots her outside of the establishment.

Thankfully he has been arrested for Tommeys murder. If you or someone you know is suffering through domestic violence please visit GCADV.org

 

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