The New York church occupation took place after the sit-in at Chicago's Grant Hospital, the take-over of People's Park, the occupation of McCormick Seminary and the occupation of Chicago's People's Church. In several cities, the Young Lords set up free community programs. United Methodist Pastor Rev. Bruce Johnson of the North Side Cooperative Ministry worked to obtain funds to support the Young Lords programs. The assistant pastor of the Young Lords People's Church in Chicago, Rev. Sergio Herrera, did not initially agree with the Young Lords' church occupation nor the murals of Che Guevara and Don Pedro Albizú Campos but did later participate in all the neighborhood events. In conjunction with the May 1969 Armitage Avenue United Methodist Church occupation, the Young Lords immediately set up programs inside the People's Church. The building remained a church but also the Young Lords National Headquarters for nearly two years. On September 29, 1969, the church's pastor and his wife, Reverend Bruce Johnson and Eugenia Ransier Johnson, were murdered in their home. They were stabbed multiple times. The case remains open and has yet to be solved. The assistant Pastor, Rev. Sergio Herrera was transferred soon afterward to Los Angeles where he was also murdered. The murders occurred when the clergy worked with the Young Lords, and only two months before the death of Black Panther Fred Hampton in a police raid on December 4, 1969. Hampton was also connected with the Young Lords via the Rainbow Coalition. Pressure on UMC Bishop Pryor to oust the two UMC ministers and the Young Lords from the People's Church was made by Alderman George Barr McCutcheon and members of the Lincoln Park Conservation Association. The Court also fined the People's Church $200 each day the free daycare center remained open.