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nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
Sun Dec 13, 2020, 06:00 PM Dec 2020

Shooting outside St. John the Divine church

https://nypost.com/2020/12/13/shooting-outside-st-john-the-divine-church/

Shooting outside St. John the Divine church
By Joe Marino, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon and Tina MooreDecember 13, 2020 | 4:17pm | Updated

An armed nut with a gun in each hand opened fire at a Christmas show on the front steps of St. John the Divine Cathedral in Harlem on Sunday before being fatally shot in the head by cops, police and witnesses said.

The terrified crowd raced for cover — with security guards quickly ushering some attendees into the church and closing its large doors behind them, while others cowered behind cars — as the screaming gunman, 52, fired into the air from the top step of the famous church at West 112st Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
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A concert featuring holiday carolers on the steps of the church had just finished when the gunman — eerily dressed in a black jacket and pants while wearing a red-strapped back pack, white baseball hat and red, white and blue COVID-19 face mask — showed up, according to witnesses and a photo.

“People were just starting to leave” the holiday event when the suspect opened fire, the witness said. “Security, they brought [people] all inside when he was firing and shut the door.”

The gunman, who had a silver handgun in his right hand and a black one in the other, was shot once in the head by officers, sources said.
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The mortally wounded suspect was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital and pronounced dead, sources said.
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Shooting outside St. John the Divine church (Original Post) nitpicker Dec 2020 OP
This isn't the society we want. Those who do are mentally ill. Karadeniz Dec 2020 #1
Ahh, yes, guns. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2020 #2

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,727 posts)
2. Ahh, yes, guns.
Sun Dec 13, 2020, 07:12 PM
Dec 2020

One more entry in the "Guns Make Us Safer" contest.

And people think I'm a nutcase because I'd confiscate all the guns.

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