N.H. man sentenced for shooting bride and the bishop officiating her wedding
01/30/2024 12:58 pm PST
NASHUA, N.H. (TCD) -- A judge sentenced a 41-year-old man to a minimum of 40 years in prison for shooting a bishop and a bride in the middle of a wedding ceremony in October 2019.
WMUR-TV reports Dale Holloway was sentenced to 40 years to life for shooting and injuring Bishop Stanley Choate and Claire McMullen at the New England Pentecostal Ministries in Pelham. He was convicted last year of attempted murder, first-degree assault, being a felon in possession of a firearm, simple assault, and other related charges.
According to The Associated Press, the groom’s son shot and killed Holloway’s stepfather, who was a pastor at the same church, about two weeks prior to the wedding. Holloway was reportedly upset because a celebration of life for his stepfather was supposed to occur a few hours after the nuptials.
The groom’s son, Brandon Castiglione, was sentenced to 42 years to life in prison for fatally shooting Holloway’s stepfather, Luis Garcia, in the back of the head, WMUR reports.
Holloway also reportedly attacked McMullen’s husband hit him in the head.
Court records show Holloway initially pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Choate sustained a gunshot wound to the chest and was hospitalized for several months, according to WMUR. McMullen was shot in the arm, which resulted in nerve damage.
She said in a victim impact statement at Holloway’s sentencing, "The physical impact left me disabled."
Choate said he felt "fearful going to the church."
Prosecutor Seth Dobieski reportedly said at the sentencing Holloway "turned a marriage into mayhem."
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