Cathedral Shooting in Manhattan: What We Know About the Gunman
Luis Vasquez grew up in the Manhattan neighborhood where he opened fire as an outdoor carol service ended. The police fatally shot him.
Police surround Luis Vasquez, 52, on the steps of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine after he was felled by an officer’s bullet.Credit.Jeenah Moon/Reuters
Published Dec. 15, 2020Updated Dec. 16, 2020
A holiday concert on the steps of a Manhattan church was intended to be a gift to the neighborhood at the end of a year that has taken a toll on the city.
But festivity turned to terror on Sunday soon after the musicians played their last notes, when a suicidal man with pistols in both hands climbed the steps of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights with one arm raised.