Victim of Youngstown church shooting ID’d; parishioners angered

YOUNGSTOWN - The slaying of an elderly church member has stoked some fear and much anger and determination in many fellow parishioners.

“It won’t scare me off; I’m not going to leave now,” said Diana, a longtime member of St. Dominic’s Church, 77 E. Lucius Ave., on the city’s South Side.

“No little punk with a gun is going to run me off,” she said.

Diana, who didn’t want her last name used, was referring to the fatal shooting of 80-year-old Angeline Fimognari, who was shot in the head in the church’s parking lot shortly after leaving the Catholic church around 8:45 a.m. Saturday.

She was found about 30 minutes later in her vehicle with the door open.

The killing remains under investigation, though the motive appears to be robbery, noted Capt. Rod Foley, chief of detectives with the Youngstown Police Department.

Diana, who attended the 1 p.m. Mass on Sunday, said she’s been coming to St. Dominic’s for more than 50 years and intends to continue, adding that she didn’t know Fimognari.

Despite the homicide, several hundred attended the afternoon service.

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