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  • pictures captured by a Reuters photographer show a gun man who opened fire during an outdoor choir performance Sunday on the steps of New York City's Cathedral Church of ST John the Divine.

  • The suspect was himself shot and wounded by police.

  • A New York City Police Department spokesman said the shooter had fired on police, but no officers or bystanders were believed to have been injured.

  • The NYPD spokesman also said the suspect, who was not identified, was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition.

  • The Reuters photographer at the scene captured people running and taking cover as the shooting occurred outside the landmark cathedral on Manhattan's Upper West Side on Lee.

  • About a dozen bystanders were present at the time of the gunfire, which the Reuters photographer said erupted 15 or 20 minutes after a crowd of more than 200 people had gathered for the concert.

  • The photographs of the gun man showed him wearing what appeared to be a face mask emblazoned with the flag of the Dominican Republic as he stood wielding two pistols, one in each hand while also carrying a large backpack, police said.

pictures captured by a Reuters photographer show a gun man who opened fire during an outdoor choir performance Sunday on the steps of New York City's Cathedral Church of ST John the Divine.

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