DETROIT, July 16 (UPI) -- Thieves stole the tires and rims off a Dallas pastor's vehicle while he was attending a revival at a church in Detroit, officials said.
Pastor Dwayne Houston, who drove with his wife to Detroit from Dallas, was at the New Foundation Christian Center Sunday when the theft happened, WDIV-TV, Detroit, reported.
"I got a call that my tires and rims had been taken and come out and find [his vehicle] jacked up," Houston said. "It's very sad, you come to a city I was born and raised in, come for a revival and then have to come outside to something like this."
Members of the church said this wasn't the first time a visitor's car had been stripped of its wheels.
"I'm sad about it, because there's something that really needs to be done in the neighborhood and in our community because this is not a one time," said churchgoer Linda Anthony.
Minister Norman Black added, "I think it's sad that people would go on church property and take away from the church, when the church is trying to help the community."
A witness reported seeing a red minivan in the parking lot before the incident. A report has been filed with police.
