CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and internal affairs continue investigating Wednesday's officer-involved shooting that left one man dead.

• Police say Michael Kelley, 32, attacked a pastor inside a church, stole his car, and robbed a Family Dollar
• Pastor Larry James says Kelley asked about being a Christian before attacking him 
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They say Michael Kelley, 32, attacked a pastor inside a church, stole his car, robbed a Family Dollar and was then found at a West Boulevard shopping center. Kelley later died after being shot by an officer and a knife was found at the scene.

Moments before the shooting, Pastor Larry James says he was alone at South End Presbyterian Church when a man who identified himself as Kelley walked in and asked about being a Christian. It was after praying with Kelley that Pastor James says Kelley grabbed him, and with a box cutter in his hand, demanded the pastor's keys, wallet, and phone.

The pastor has a cut across his cheek and one across his nose and he says he is a bit sore, but otherwise OK. He says once he realized Kelley didn't have a gun, he refused to let him get the upper hand.

The pastor says he fought with Kelley in the hallway just outside his office for what seemed like 15 minutes. He says there was a moment when it seemed Kelley realized the pastor wasn't giving in and he took off, but not before he grabbed the keys to the pastor's Infiniti.

“I think he saw that I had a bank card. He said ‘give me your pin number,’ I said no, I'm not giving you my pin number, and he kept motioning and he finally hit me across my nose,” he said. “I finally got to the place where I could move my foot and I kicked him and he kind of fell back.”

Police later spotted the vehicle on West Boulevard which led to the search that turned into the deadly officer-involved shooting.

Pastor James says leaders at the church were already looking at security upgrades and what happened on Wednesday will only expedite that. He also says this will not change him reaching out to people who walk into his church.