Idaho pastor shot day after delivering invocation at Ted Cruz campaign rally

Pastor shot, but recovering.
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A prominent Idaho pastor was shot in his church's parking lot on Sunday, just one day after delivering the invocation at a campaign rally for Ted Cruz, MSNBC reports. Tim Remington, 55, served as the senior pastor of the nondenominational Altar Church in Coeur d'Alene and gave the opening prayer for Cruz on Saturday at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds.

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