Man shoots self in the head on the Altar of the Crystal Cathedral
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GARDEN GROVE, CA.-- A homeless man walked into the sanctuary of the Crystal Cathedral last Wednesday, knelt down at the foot of a cross, and fatally shot himself in the head. The man was Steve Smick, 48. He had been living out of His truck in the Garden Grove area. A friend told police that Smick had attended a Bible study in Temecula several weeks before his death. Betty Spicer, a volunteer greeter at the cathedral, said that when the man walked in, the sanctuary was nearly empty except for a group of Canadian Tourists. As He walked in, he handed Her the note that mentioned the truck in the parking lot and a gun. The last shooting at the cathedral was also a suicide. Johnnie Carl, 57, the church's acclaimed composer who had struggled with mental illness, barricaded himself in his basement office the night of Dec.17, 2004, and shot himself.
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csmonut
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Are suicides becoming more prevelant, or is the news just reporting more?
BTW....I thought Californians couldn't legally carry guns.
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csmonut
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hydrokat
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This is unimagineable. Very sad, before You know it, they're gonna make them Californians check their guns at the door.
- 1 year ago
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hydrokat
