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Authorities responded to a shooting in Pelham on Saturday morning, according to the police chief.

Authorities responded to the New England Pentecostal Church on Bridge Street just after 10 a.m.

The number of people injured, the extent of any injuries and the status of the shooter are not immediately known.

The shooting, carried out with a handgun, does not seem to be random, Pelham Police Chief Joseph Roark said at a news conference Saturday. No motive has been announced, but officials are investigating potential links to another tragedy that struck the church earlier this month, when one of its ordained ministers, Luis Garcia, was found shot to death inside his home. Saturday’s events rattled community members who arrived at the church to attend Garcia’s funeral — only to be turned away by authorities in the aftermath of more gun violence, local news outlets reported.

Holloway is Garcia’s stepson, Senior Assistant Attorney General Benjamin Agati confirmed to The Washington Post. Brandon Castiglione, the 24-year-old charged in Garcia’s death, is the son of the groom in Saturday’s ceremony. The groom, 60-year-old Mark Castiglione, was also injured after being struck in the head with an unidentified object, according to Agati.

There “may be some elements of revenge” to the latest shooting, Agati said. He emphasized that investigators are pursuing many avenues and that a connection between Garcia’s death and Saturday’s events remains unclear.