FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man has been arrested in the slaying of a pastor at a church in Fort Dodge. Police say the Rev. Allen Henderson was found by officers sent around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday to St. Paul Lutheran Church. Henderson was pronounced dead later at a Fort Dodge hospital. Police have arrested 36-year-old Joshua Pendleton and charged him with robbery and first-degree murder. He remained in Webster County Jail on Thursday.

The 64-year-old Henderson was senior pastor at the church and had been chaplain for several area first responder agencies.