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Chicago Pastor Timothy Johnson And Wife Renee Recovering After Vicious Beating; Attacker Bit Off Parts Of Their Ears, Gouged Their Eyes

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CHICAGO (CBS) — A married couple with a long history of service to their South Side community were the victims of a horrific attack over the weekend. Now friends are rallying to support the couple many say would “give you the shirts off their backs.”

Even in this violent city, what happened to Timothy and Renee Johnson is inconceivable.

“It’s like a page out of a horror movie,” said their daughter, Destinee Johnson.

Their three adult children, who live in different parts of the country, rushed to their sides.

“No one wants this happen to any person at all, let alone your own parents,” said their son Joshua Johnson.

On Saturday Timothy and Renee were on Emerald near 105th doing chores for Renee’s 95-year-old mother.

“It was nice outside, so you go out and clean up around the house,” said Timothy’s sister Rhonda Hutcherson. “And he was in the alley, cleaning up behind there.”

A man approached Timothy, asking if he wanted to buy something.

“My brother just told him, ‘No, I’m ok. No thank you. I’m not interested.’ And he just attacked him,” Renee said.

Timothy was beaten with the shovel he was carrying to do yard work. When Renee ran to her husband, she too was attacked.

“He brutally attacked them,” Renee said.

She said it’s hard to describe.

Their eyes were gouged, parts of their ears bitten off. Prosecutors say when the 28-year-old man was arrested, he was covered in blood.

“Nobody could have imagined we would wake up on a Saturday and this was going to happen,” Destinee said.

It happened to Timothy, a minister at Salem Baptist Church who who pastors on streets and parks, even as he recovers from cancer.

“I really want you to understand, and I want the people to understand, how much of a giving person he is,” said Renee. “He will give you the shirt off his back.”

It happened to Renee, a special education teacher.

“They’ve done so much for the students and people in this city, and so this to happen to them is just unfortunate,” said their son Antonio.

They are two pillars of the community now facing a long, difficult recovery.

“My parents’ hearts are so big. My parents’ love is overflowing,” said Destinee. “We don’t know why this happened, right. But it’s a nightmare, but blessings in it as well.”

It’s a blessing, they say, that there has been such an outpouring of love for the couple. They will not be able to work anytime soon, and they have a GoFundMe page.

The 28-year-old alleged attacker is held on a $5 million bond.

EDITED TO ADD GOFUND ME BELOW

https://gofund.me/d5025004
 
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That guy reminds me of that bath salt cannibal. Drugs, mental illness or just plain old psychopathy, he needs to be locked up for life be it in a prison or mental health hospital.
 

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I was wondering if they were going to let this out, the offender was so damn crazed, the hospital wanted nothing to do w/him. He was supposed to get checked out but no one could handle him, it took 2 days to get him checked and released so they could cart his ass off to jail.
 

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I was wondering if they were going to let this out, the offender was so damn crazed, the hospital wanted nothing to do w/him. He was supposed to get checked out but no one could handle him, it took 2 days to get him checked and released so they could cart his ass off to jail.
wow. what the fck. i wish them a speedy recovery. just fµck!ng awful
 

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This broke my heart. I pray that the Lord protects their family and continues to pour love, finances, and strength into their lives.
 

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But why? All because he said he didn’t want to buy what he was selling? It sounds like he was probably planning to rob him and just took the opportunity because he was the only one outside at the time.
 

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This story is sad as hell. This monster sounds as if he's mentally ill, and took some "bad" drugs. But he needs to go to prison, and he needs to rot there. Peace and blessings to the victims and the family. I can only imagine what the parents are going through.

It always seems as horrific things happen to such good people. Yet assholes get to roam free, living their best lives.
 

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Pure evil. Pure demonic evil. I hope he never is able to walk the streets again and I pray this couple makes a complete recovery. :broken_heart: SMH
 

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I was wondering if they were going to let this out, the offender was so damn crazed, the hospital wanted nothing to do w/him. He was supposed to get checked out but no one could handle him, it took 2 days to get him checked and released so they could cart his ass off to jail.
That’s strange. Isn’t it the hospital where he belongs and not jail?
 

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demons. When you do drugs, you then come out of your vessel and invite demons in to take over.

this is definitely the case.
 

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When you start attacking people by biting and gouging their eyes straight to jail were you can be secured and receive mental health resources in there.
 

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Oh my goodness. This story is horrific. I hope they make a speedy recovery and won't suffer any PTSD.
 

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I hope the goons inside of the jail rip that fool apart. They always want to ride on the wrong person. But here is someone as the perfect candidate. They need to be marching, shooting for pastor and his wife!
 

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Dear lord, how horrific! This world is a cesspool and the lunatics are about to take over the asylum. Im really thinking of buying a taser. Seems like nowhere is safe anymore, not even your own backyard.

Hopefully this madman didnt do too much permanent damage. Im praying for their healing, both mental and physical.
 

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I really don't know what to say I wish them a full recovery both physically and emotionally.
 

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The way i cringed with the gouging eyes out bit. Praying for healing for these two, seemed like very nice people a damn shame.
 

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I wish we would adopt eastern/middle eastern punishment for these types of crimes. Don't waste taxpayers money!
 

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Dear lord, how horrific! This world is a cesspool and the lunatics are about to take over the asylum. Im really thinking of buying a taser. Seems like nowhere is safe anymore, not even your own backyard.

Hopefully this madman didnt do too much permanent damage. Im praying for their healing, both mental and physical.

Buy one, carry something, always.

Humans are garbage.
 

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Over 80k was raised in the gfm for them. Why isn’t this a bigger story on lsa? Why aren’t there more comments wishing these good folks well?
 
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We are living in the last days. Period. Back in the day, if you were minding your business, you would mostly be left alone. Nowadays damn near anything can happen to anyone at anytime.
 

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This is horrifying. That attacker should never see the light of day again. Yet because mental illness he probably will be back on the streets in a year or two. They will give him some medicine and declare him “healed,” then when he hits the streets he will promptly go off his meds and gouge out someone else’s eyes, or even worse.

Lemme find that GFM
 

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The attack happened Saturday, May 1. Elijah Rule Prince, 28, is charged in the attacks.

In his first court appearance, the judge said he thought he was "listening to a horror movie," the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Prince allegedly bit off parts of the couple's ears. And when officers arrested him, he allegedly told them the blood he was covered in was not his but the "blood of peasants," Cook County prosecutors said.

Prince, who is undergoing a psychiatric examination at a hospital, was not present at his bond hearing Tuesday on aggravated battery and attempted murder charges.

After Prince attacked Pastor Johnson with a shovel, he punched him in the face, gouged his eyes with his fingers, bit his ears and the top of his head before spitting into the man's mouth, prosecutors said.

At one point, Prince stuffed a three-inch block into the pastor's left eye, prosecutors said.

Upon hearing the commotion, Renee Johnson ran outside, Prince allegedly pulled her hair and gouged her eyes with his finger. He also bit her ears, ripping off "large chunks," and spitting on her, prosecutors said. After she fell to the ground, Prince allegedly kicked her head multiple times.

The Pastor Johnson called 911 after he pulled the wooden object out of his eye. But Prince ran off after a witness came outside and yelled at him, prosecutors said. He was arrested nearby a short time later. Rule Hill Prince's mouth, face and elbows of his jackets were covered in blood, prosecutors said.
 

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