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GUNMAN opens fire outside St. John the Divine church in Manhattan during Christmas choir performance GUNMAN opens fire outside St. John the Divine church in Manhattan after Christmas choir performance
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Police have neutralized a gunman outside a Christmas choir show at St. John the Divine Church in Manhattan, after the suspect fired rounds into the air and at cops. The shooter has been rushed to a hospital with a gunshot wound. Police have neutralized a gunman outside St. John the Divine Church in Manhattan, after the suspect fired rounds into the air and at cops at the end of a Christmas choir show. The shooter died of his wounds in a hospital.
The shooter was seen firing near the church around 4pm eastern, according to police and a Reuters photographer at the scene. The shooting took place at the steps of the cathedral at the very end of a Christmas choral concert, attended by some 200 people, according to police and numerous witnesses who fled the scene in panic.
New York City Police Department spokesman Edward Riley said the gunman shot at the officers and they returned fire, hitting the shooter and then apprehending him. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. “He was shooting it up in the air and toward police,” a police source told the New York Post, while a Reuters photographer heard the man shouting “Kill me!” and “Shoot me!”
Several officers, providing security at the venue, took cover and reportedly tried to persuade the shooter to drop his guns, but eventually fired a total of 15 rounds at the suspect, striking him at least once in the head. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, and later died of his wounds.
“He was shooting it up in the air and toward police,” a department source told the New York Post. There was no casualties among carolers or other civilian bystanders, and no officer has been reported as injured. 
No officer has been reported as injured, and there was no immediate information about any casualties among civilians. The motives of the shooter remain unclear, and his identity has yet to be released. Police recovered two handguns from the scene – and found a can of gasoline, rope, tape, wire, several knives and a Bible  – inside a bag belonging to the suspect.
Manhattan borough president Gale A. Brewer confirmed the shooting incident on Twitter, revealing two staff members were present at the church at the time. She warned people to stay away from the area as police continue to investigate. "I think we can all surmise the ill intentions of the proceeds of this bag," said New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea.
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