Pastor who had just finish teaching the word and was walking to his car with Bible in His hand was brutally murdered outside his Church

Friends and loved ones are mourning the senseless murder of a California pastor who was gunned down Sunday after teaching a Bible study.

Joe Moore, 65, pastor of the Upper Room Christian Church in Compton, California, was killed while walking to his vehicle, with KTLA-TV reporting that he was carrying a Bible in one hand and his cane in the other at the time.

Moore’s son, Damar Moore, called the shooting both “senseless” and cowardly and daughter Daney Moore expressed her disbelief and horror.

“This is one of them things that we would never expect,” she told KTLA-TV. “He just finished Sunday school, walked across the street and this is what happened to him.”

The motive in the case is unclear, but authorities are fast at work looking for the person or persons responsible. Authorities said the investigation is early, but that it appears Moore was potentially targeted.