Assault, threats, fraud and drugs are some of the crimes that make up the extensive criminal history of the alleged perpetrator in the shooting at St. John the Divine Cathedral in New York.
The aggressor was identified by the police authorities of that city as Luis Vásquez, 52, and according to a team of Telemundo journalists 47.
This shooting is not the first criminal act that Vásquez allegedly started before being shot in the head by New York City police (NYPD) officers on Sunday afternoon.
According to various news agencies, several witnesses to the shooting say they heard the man shouting at the police to shoot him.
Vásquez he was wanted for threatening with firearms last summer. However, he previously had a history of assault, homicide intentions, fraud and drug crimes 30 years ago, according to the investigation of Carlos Zapato, a reporter for the American media.
Outside Vásquez’s residence, NYPD bombers were on Monday and according to neighbors, who cannot believe this fact, on the day of the attack there was a greater number of police.
At the entrance to the apartment where the alleged criminal lived with his mother for 5 years, they were placed in the commandments of the Catholic religion.
Shooting on the outskirts of the Cathedral
Last Sunday Luis Vásquez was shot dead by New York Police after opening fire on the climbing St. John the Divine Cathedral in Manhattan, the main church of the New York Episcopal Diocese.
The man was wearing a mask and a cap with the flag of the Dominican Republic.
Witnesses said the man was firing when hundreds of people began dispersing after the outdoor choral concert at the iconic church, which ended abruptly around 4 p.m.
New York City concept Mark Levine said no one else was inherited after the attacker began firing “indiscriminately into the air.”
Two firearms and a bag containing gasoline, ropes, knives and other items were recovered at the scene.