Son 'moved by the message' stabs father in church in Kentucky

Chiqui Guyjoco Tuesday, August 16, 2016

A son who claimed to have been "moved by the message" suddenly started stabbing his father and disrupted Sunday's morning service at a church in Kentucky.

According to WBKO, police reported that 21-year-old Ethan Buckley used a pocket knife he brought along with him and stabbed his 40-year-old father, David Buckley, during the 9:30 a.m. service at Hillvue Heights Church in Bowling Green.

Church, Kentucky, NSW, 28 March 2008 | Creative Commons/Cgoodwin

Bowling Green Daily News also reported that the son, now held in Warren County Regional Jail in Bowling Green, could land 10 to 20 years of jail time for Assault in the form of First Degree Domestic Violence. Warren District Judge Sam Potter also set a bond of $500,000 and set a preliminary hearing on Friday.

A Bowling Green Police Department (BGPD) citation arrest issued Monday revealed that Ethan admitted to the stabbing and said that he felt "moved by the message" and intended to kill his father painlessly by aiming at his father's jugular vein.

BGPD spokesman Officer Ronnie Ward said the father survived the attack but could not provide further details on the victim's condition as he's still being treated at The Medical Center.

"It's an isolated incident between father and son," said Rick Bessette, a BGPD Public Information Officer, on Sunday.

However, the shaken members of the congregation believed the incident only reflected the state of violence happening everywhere.

"It's scary, but in today's society this can happen anywhere," said Alicia Bell, who sat at a side row section. "I felt like the Lord was protecting us. I'm glad that my family and I are OK, and I'm praying for anybody that was hurt."

Bell urged people to be more vigilant of their surroundings.

"I was praying at the altar when I heard a commotion," shared another churchgoer, Brent Duvall. "I thought it was someone going into cardiac arrest or a seizure. I found out it wasn't that."

Duvall happened to be by the altar when the incident happened.

"It's a lost and fallen world we live in. It shouldn't surprise us," he added.