Vandals damage church where pastor was slain

MARYVILLE -- Police in southwestern Illinois are investigating vandalism at two churches, including one where the pastor was killed mid-sermon last month.

Maryville Police Chief Rich Schardan says someone broke three glass doors and a window at First Baptist Church. That's where the Rev. Fred Winters was gunned down during a Sunday service March 8.

Schardan says someone also used rocks to shatter a window at St. John's Lutheran Church.

The chief says the vandalism at First Baptist appears unrelated to Winters' death.

Prosecutors have charged 27-year-old Terry Sedlacek of Troy with first-degree murder in that shooting. He's jailed without bond in Edwardsville.