There was a shooting in Renfrew this weekend. It sounds as though it will be a controversial situation: according to bystanders, the dead man was standing in the street with a knife, acting aggressively, and was shot by one of the three police officers who were taking shelter behind a cop car.
Renfrew is a town with hurting people, and many of them are far from God; that's why this sort of thing happens. The church has failed to reach some people who most need to hear about how to live. I'm speaking as much about the shooter as the victim, and this is not a self-righteous comment, but a confession from one who still struggles to be a better person every day. Jesus gave us the simple rule, "Love your neighbour as yourself" - but it is difficult to truly follow.
The story I've heard is that the young man's upbringing was difficult, his father, also deceased, abusive. Did that contribute to what happened on Saturday? What is the story on the police's side? Will it turn out to have been a tragic mistake? You hear a lot of stories in a small town, so who knows the truth? Nothing changes the fact that a young man is dead, and he shouldn't be.
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