Miami Congregation Mourns Pastor Fatally Stabbed by Church Musician He Had Been Helping

[Pelican Press 0]

Miami Congregation Mourns Pastor Fatally Stabbed by ******* Musician He Had Been Helping

A South Florida ****** community is left devastated after their lead pastor was stabbed to ****** by a homeless man he allowed to shelter at the ******* building. 

Police arrested 44-year-old James Dawkins in connection with the ******* of Antwane Lenoir, 41 – an armed security guard and a pastor at Westview ******** ******* in Miami, FL.

Dawkins, the *******’s musician, reportedly stayed at the ******* building with Lenoir’s permission.

But Lenoir had called a locksmith to change the locks at the *******. A verbal disagreement began between Dawkins and Lenoir and quickly grew heated. 

According to police, without provocation, Dawkins stabbed Lenoir in the neck multiple times before running off. 

When Miami-Dade ***** Rescue arrived they found Lenoir’s body in the ******* parking lot and pronounced him ***** on arrival.

The following day, police found Dawkins and took him into custody. 

According to authorities, he offered “self-serving” testimony and “was determined not to be consistent with the evidence obtained throughout the course of the investigation.”

Dawkins now faces one count of first-degree *******.

Meanwhile, those who knew Lenoir are mourning his ******. 

“He was a very nice man, and he would give you the shirt off his back,” his cousin, Yovonka Bryant, told

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. “He was so generous and so kind to a lot of people.”

“It’s just going to be a major loss for this community,” said Darryl Tomas, a close friend of Lenoir. “Well loved, well-liked, always out doing the best that he can possibly do for his family, for his community.”

Gaston E. Smith, the pastor of Friendship Missionary ******** ******* of Miami, told local station

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that Lenoir was like a brother to him and the incident is “beyond explanation.”

“Something must have taken place, mentally, to make this happen,” said Smith. “We have lost a dynamic pastor, a dynamic leader, an amazing father (and a) amazing community activist. He was that guy.”

Lenoir leaves behind his wife and four children. 

“I can’t even imagine his wife of 20 years. I can’t imagine these four lovely children who all loved their dad beyond life,” said Smith. “This congregation loved their pastor.”

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