Alen Smith was a retired Baptist minister who spent a lot of his time at a Chicago senior home discussing — and sometimes arguing — the fine points of Scripture with a fellow resident starting his own ministry.
Early Monday morning, the two were on the back patio of the Senior Suites of Rainbow Beach for their regular late-night talk about Bible passages when the other resident pulled a gun and fatally shot the 80-year-old Smith, according to police and other residents.
The 67-year-old resident fled in his motorized wheelchair but was later arrested, police said. Police said a surveillance camera captured the shooting, but no charges had been filed by Tuesday evening. Police did not say what prompted the shooting.