Detroit pastor shot and killed at bank drive-thru

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Happened 9:30 AM... 10/25... See video in link as witnesses give description of incident and described assailant. This killer is on the loose. May have been involved in an ATM robbery also. See details below:

DETROIT [[WXYZ) - Detroit Police are searching for the man who shot and killed a Charter One Bank customer as he pulled up to the bank's drive-up window.

It happened around 9:45 a.m. on East Warren Avenue near Outer Drive on the city's east side.

The victim, 62-year-old James Blade, had just pulled up to the window when the suspect walked up to the passenger side of his pink BMW.
Witnesses say the suspect fired 5 or 6 shots into the car.

The shooter then walked around to the driver's side of the vehicle, pulled the victim out of the car, pistol whipped him and searched through his pockets.
Police say the shooter then took off on foot.

Pastor Blade's sister, Evelyn Cross, says her brother counseled the homeless and drug-addicted and would have helped anyone. She's pleading for help in finding the person responsible.

"If you know who did this, come forward," Cross says.
Detroit Police detectives think the man who killed Pastor Blade is connected to a robbery that took place a few miles away at Gratiot and Lappin.

A retired Wayne County Sheriff's Deputy was walking away from an ATM when a man approached her, fired shots and stole her purse with her gun in it. About an hour later is when Pastor Blade was fatally shot and robbed. If you have any information please call Detroit Police Homicide Unit.

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