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February 02, 2006
Lion King and Tommy Music Director Stabbed in New York City
Joseph Church--a Broadway musical director of The Lion King and The Who's Tommy--was the victim of a random stabbing Feb. 1 near New York City's Washington Square Park.
Church was en route to New York University's Steinhardt School, where he serves as a professor, when the attack occured. According to reports, police say Mark Davila stabbed Dr. Church in the chest several times with a screw driver before fleeing the scene into the nearby park.
Davila--who was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon--had a previous criminal record that included robbery, drug possession and possession of a weapon. His mother told the New York Daily News that her son had recently lost his job at a facility that helps the disabled and ended a relationship with the mother of his three-year-old daughter.
Posted by Michelle at February 2, 2006 12:46 PM