Family speaks out after Kansas City shooting
LEAWOOD, Kan. (UMNS)--Will Corporon, and Mindy Corporon, brother and sister, talk to reporters after their father Dr. William Corporon, 69, and nephew and son, Reat Underwood, 14, were killed by a gunman as they sat in their car outside a Jewish community center on April 13. A third woman was killed by the same gunman about a mile away at a Jewish assisted-living facility. Police have confirmed that the suspect, Frazier Glenn Cross, in under investigation for a hate crime.
Mindy Corporon said she has asked the Rev. Adam Hamilton, pastor of Church of the Resurrection, why it is important for her to speak to the press and others.
Literally, when I saw my father lying there I heard God say "He is in heaven."--Mindy Corporon
“I have asked my pastor why it is so important (for me) to speak and why people are asking to interview me. … I have a peace about me. Literally, when I saw my father lying there I heard God say ‘He is in heaven.’”
Hamilton called her son, Reat, “a remarkable young man, full of life, gifted in so many ways.”
“He had amazing parents and family who loved him dearly,” Hamilton added. “He was with his grandfather, Bill, when they were both killed in this senseless act of violence. Bill was a loved physician, father, grandfather and friend.
“The family has a deep faith, and remarkable strength and courage. They don’t believe this tragedy was God’s will, but they do believe that Reat and Bill are safe in God’s arms. They believe that evil will not have the final word and that good wil
Corporon is a member of the Church of the Resurrection. Reverend Adam Hamilton, Church of the Resurrection will be the teacher at the 21st Session of the Dakotas Annual Conference to be held June 5-7, 2014 in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Video courtesy of United Methodist Church of the Resurrection.
