(Radio Iowa) – Hundreds gathered this (Friday) morning for a prayer service at the Cornerstone Church in Ames where two women were shot and killed last (Thursday) night. Terry Montang told the congregation his daughter, Eden, was a person of faith.

“She died for her faith,” he said, pausing to gather himself before he added, his voice breaking: “I’m proud to have been her father.” The church’s lead pastor says the shooting happened just as a summer program for Iowa State students was to begin inside the church. Eden Montang and Vivian Flores were I-S-U students and the pastor says both had been active in the church’s youth ministry.

(Reporting by Iowa Public Radio’s Grant Gerlock)