Source reported that the Popular Detroit pastor and gospel singer Marvin Winans was assaulted and carjacked Wednesday afternoon at a
gas station on the city’s west side.
The
attack happened about 3:20 p.m., and the suspects fled with an unknown amount
of cash and Winans’ SUV, police said. Marvin Winans, 54,
said that four or five young men followed him from inside the gas station and
attacked him while he gassed up his vehicle.
He said his
attackers appeared to be among 10 young men he passed by inside the station,
and he warily watched them as he pumped gas. “I’m
just saddened that it has come to this,” Winans said. “This kind of nonsense
just has to stop. It’s just the savageness of what’s happening in the street.”
He
also believes his attackers didn’t recognize him. Marvin Winans is pastor of the 4,500-member Perfecting Church on
Detroit’s east side. In February, he gave singer Whitney Houston’s eulogy.
“And
if they did, it didn’t make much difference,” said Winans, who has been active
in civic issues, including taking a stand against the proliferation of strip
clubs in Detroit’s neighborhoods.
I don’t believe
those muggers did not know him. If they knew him, which I believe they
did, that was a big offence and disrespect to the man of God and God Himself. I pray they know and repent quickly.
I don’t know what you think….
