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Idaho Pastor Shot 1 Day After Delivering Prayer for Ted Cruz

Pastor Tim Remington was critically wounded

The pastor of a prominent Idaho church was shot and critically wounded in the church’s parking lot Sunday, a day after he delivered the invocation at a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, authorities told NBC News.

Tim Remington, 55, senior pastor of the nondenominational Altar Church in Coeur d’Alene, was taken to Kootenai Health and Medical Center in critical condition, police and the hospital told NBC News. The hospital reported his status as stable late Sunday night.

Coeur d’Alene police Detective Jared Reneau said that when officers arrived shortly before 2 p.m. (5 p.m. ET), they found Remington with multiple…

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