The gunman opened fire at 4pm EST at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in Manhattan. A 45-minute long concert had just finished when locals reported shots were fired. Police officers then swarmed to the scene and took down the armed attacker. No one but the gunman was reported to be injured, with the attacker dying at hospital after being taken in critical condition.
The gunman opened fire on Amsterdam Avenue just as church goers exited the cathedral.
Local reports stated that locals began running down the streets away from the gunfire as officers who had been on hand to provide security quickly moved in.
They quickly shot the attacker before a large group of NYPD officers approached the position with their guns drawn.
ABC news reported the officers shouted “don’t move” at the suspected attacker, before calling in an ambulance.
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NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea delivered a press conference after the shooting and updated the media on the incident.
He said: “It was an annual event that they host. Thankfully, this year, because of covid it was a much smaller event than normal.
At about 3pm there was Christmas carolling on the steps behind me, at about 3:45pm that carolling came to a close. It was at about that time at 3:45pm when shots from an individual, if you look behind me, right in front of those massive doors. An individual firing shots.
Commissioner Shea then said he had on officer, a community affairs detective and a nearby sergeant respond to the incident “almost immediately”, with the officials firing 15 shots.
He continued: “The defendant is struck at least once in the head and deceased, he was then moved to the hospital around the corner.”
Lisa Schubert, a cathedral spokeswoman, spoke to the New York Times about the incident.
She said: “It was just beautiful, and then at the end this person started shooting. Everybody is in shock.
“The shooter could have killed a lot of people. There were hundreds of people here and he shot at least 20 times.”
It remains unclear whether the gunman had fired into the crowd or into the air.
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2020-12-14 00:04:00Z
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