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- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 13:30:35 EDT
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6 Hurt in Mormon Library Shooting
.c The Associated Press
By PAUL FOY
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A gunman opened fire at the Mormon church's Family
History Library today, wounding at least five people before he was shot by
police.
Police Sgt. Ken Hanson said the gunman fired a small-caliber handgun, and the
wounded included a police officer.
``The suspect is down. We shot the suspect. We are unaware of his
condition,'' Hanson said.
Lyman Platt, a genealogist, said the gunman entered the library and quickly
fired off a dozen rounds.
``He came in the lobby and shot a lady in the head and two or three other
men,'' Platt said.
Two people in critical condition were transported to LDS Hospital, a
spokeswoman there said. A Mormon church spokesman had no additional details.
The library, one of the world's top centers for genealogical research, is
directly across the street from Temple Square, site of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints' Salt Lake Temple and Tabernacle.
The church has been involved in genealogy since its founding nearly 170 years
ago. The church amasses the records for its so-called baptism of the dead.
Mormons believe that such baptisms give the dead the opportunity to join the
Mormon church in the afterlife.
AP-NY-04-15-99 1330EDT
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