Update:
Monday morning, authorities identified a suspect in the shooting: a 30-year-old former Marine named Kyle Andrew Odom.
As authorities launched a manhunt for Odom, questions remained over a possible motive, particularly whether the shooting was in any way related to Remington's appearance with Cruz roughly 24 hours earlier.
"Odom should be considered to be armed and dangerous," police said in a statement.
The gunman had attended Remington's sermon, John Padula, outreach pastor at Altar Church, told the
Spokesman-Review after watching security footage of the incident.
The man "kind of wandered around" the church after the sermon before going outside and waiting in his car, Padula told the newspaper. When Remington opened his own car door, the shooter allegedly walked up behind him "and just started shooting him in the back."
"It didn't look like the first time he had shot," Padula said, suggesting that the shooter might have a military background. "He stood pretty professional as he was shooting."
The gunman then drove off in a 2004 silver Honda Accord, according to police.
The pastor's car was pierced by multiple bullets and shell casing littered the parking lot of the church, the newspaper reported. Two men from the church ran over and helped provide first aid until paramedics could arrive.
Little information was immediately available about the alleged shooter, Kyle Andrew Odom.
A photo from his Facebook page shows a blond man with glasses wearing a dress shirt and tie. The page says that Odom is from Coeur d'Alene, served as a corporal in the Marine Corps and studied biochemistry at the University of Idaho.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-idaho-pastor-shot-ted-cruz-20160307-story.html
