Texas Pastor Fatally Beaten Was 'Man of Integrity' The Rev. Danny Kirk Sr. greeted everyone walking into his Texas church on Sundays with a big hug and an "I love you." His weekdays were spent visiting folks in the hospital or mowing lawns and doing household repairs for members in need. Parishioners, who described Kirk as a dedicated minister with a bubbly personality and a knack for remembering the names of his church's 800 members, are now looking for answers following his violent death. Police in the Fort Worth suburb of Forest Hill said Kirk was killed Monday by a man who rammed a car into a wall at his Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church, then chased Kirk and fatally beat him with an electric guitar. Investigators said they don't know the motive or if Kirk knew his attacker, who police subdued by using a Taser but died after being taken into custody. His name hasn't been released. Hundreds of people gathered outside the church, where crime-scene tape was wrapped around a small statue of Jesus near the wrecked car. Some hugged each other and cried, while others shared memories of Kirk. "He really was concerned about our souls," Montoya McNeil, a church member for eight years, said as she wiped away tears. Claudie Loftin, an associate minister, called Kirk a hands-on pastor who "didn't run around wearing a suit. He would wear jeans or a sweatsuit because he said he never knew how he would be needed to help, and that's what a pastor does. He was a man of integrity. The suspect got out of the car and began to attack the pastor in the parking lot before chasing him into the church, while the secretary hid and called 911, Dennis said. Police arrived to find the suspect assaulting Kirk with an electric guitar from inside the church, Dennis said. Dennis said he didn't know if the suspect knew Kirk, attended the church or why he might have attacked the pastor. Former Forest Hill Mayor James Gosey said Kirk started the church in 1995 in a strip mall before building the red-brick church. Loftin, the associate minister, said that church members were grieving but would recover from the loss "with the help of God."