Arson charges have been filed for the fire that destroyed the historic Victory Baptist Church in South LA last week.
Arson charges have been filed in connection with the fire that destroyed the historic Victory Baptist Church in South Los Angeles last week.
Carlos Francisco Diaz, 23, was arrested Sunday by the Los Angeles School Police Department and charged Tuesday with three counts of arson. He is being held on $225,000 bail. Diaz is suspected of"willfully, unlawfully and maliciously" setting fire to the church on South McKinley Avenue, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón.
Los Angeles, CA - September 12: The charred remains of Victory Baptist Church the day after a fire destroyed the historic church in Los Angeles on Monday, September 12, 2022."A church is a sanctuary, a place of worship, a place to heal and most of all a place to come together for the betterment of our community," Gascón said in a statement."The fire at the historic Victory Baptist Church deeply wounded our community.
Victory Baptist Church was founded in 1943 in a storefront, moving to its current location on East 48th Street and McKinley Avenue the following year. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a guest speaker when Victory celebrated its 24th anniversary, and the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson once sang there.
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