Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna October 1979, pashure pokurega kwake basa, murwi ane banga akarwisa ndokugura Bell kanoverengeka apo akanga asiri pabasa muhofisi yebhishopi yechechi, iyo panguva iyoyo yakanga iri makiromita maviri kuchamhembe kweguta guru renyika
. Akabayiwa kaviri munyori wake, Jean Tamaki, asati aona William Luthin achirwisa bhishopi nebanga "rakafanana nedanga". Tamaki akakwanisa kubvisa Luthin nehembe yake nokuti murwisi wacho akanga ari "wepakati kana kuti muduku". Bell akanga ari muhofisi yake achigadzirira rwendo rwokuona Papa John Paul II muChicago, Illinois. Luthin akazvipa pachipatara ndokuwanwa asina mhaka nemhaka yokupenga. Mapurisa akasunga Luthin somunhu aifungidzirwa nokuti akaudza vanamukoti kuti, "Danai mumwe munhu. Ndakabaya mupristi nebanga". Banga rakawanwa pamubhedha wehofisi pamwe chete nerisiti rokutengesa rakabva muchitoro chiri pedyo. Bell akachengetwa usiku hwose paMercy General Hospital aine maronda paruoko uye mumbabvu. Luthin akanga aona bhishopi mangwanani iwayo uye anonzi akanga achinyunyuta kuti akanga adzingwa. Rwendo rwomubhishopi rwokusangana napapa rwakamiswa.