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Shortly after a choir concert held outside Manhattan in New York City on Sunday because of Covid-19, a man shot but did not injure anyone. He himself was fatally hit by police bullets. The background to the incident is still unclear.
Police officers assault a man who opened fire outside New York’s St. John the Divine Cathedral in Manhattan on December 13. He later died in hospital, no one else was injured.
(what / afp) In New York, police shot and killed a man who opened fire on the sidelines of a Christmas concert. The man had fired on Sunday (local time) in front of St. John the Divine Cathedral in Manhattan, but did not injure anyone, as announced by local police chief Dermot Shea. “Kill me!” He is said to have screamed. Three policemen shot the man at least 15 times and at least one bullet hit him in the head. He died in the hospital.
A choir had performed Christmas carols in front of the cathedral. Several hundred people attended the concert. A reporter who attended said the man opened fire as the crowd began to dissolve after the concert ended. He stood on the steps of the church and fired. “I just ran for my life,” said the journalist.
Another witness said the man fired eight to ten shots before he was shot himself. Initially, the background to the incident was unclear. Police found two firearms at the scene. Nearby he also discovered a bag with a full gasoline can, a rope, wire and several knives.
