OAXACA, Mexico — A mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is recovering after being shot during an attempted armed robbery at a Subway restaurant in Mexico Monday.
Lynn R. Madsen, from Orem, is serving as a mission president in the Mexico-Oaxaca mission.
“President Madsen sustained injuries to both legs from a single gunshot. Fortunately, his wounds are not serious in nature,” LDS church spokesman Eric Hawkins said. “He is receiving medical treatment and is expected to make a full recovery.”