An armed man broke into this Sunday during a Christmas concert in a New York cathedral. The choir event, which this year was held on the outdoor steps due to anti-Covid measures, ended abruptly when the gunman fired indiscriminately into the air.
According to the US media, this person wanted to draw the attention of the agents so that they shot him. The police, fearing a new massacre in the United States, quickly reduced the attacker with a burst of shots that ended his life.
Wore black
The gunman wore a mask with the flag of the Dominican Republic
In front of the steps of the Cathedral Church of San Juan el Divino, in the northwestern district of New York, there were a hundred spectators this Sunday. Among those present was a Reuters agency photographer who managed to capture the gunman with his camera, a man dressed in black wearing a white cap and a mask with the flag of the Dominican Republic.
Large police deployment after the shooting in New York
Sergeant Edward Riley, a spokesman for the New York City Police Department, said the man fired at the officers, but no officers or assistants were believed to have been injured.
The attacker was rushed to a local hospital, but his condition was so critical that nothing could be done for his life. New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea later confirmed to reporters that the attacker had died.
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