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Florida man crashes into Catholic Church, sets it on fire with worshipers inside
2020-07-13
[BIZPACREVIEW] A schizophrenic, possibly anti-religious Florida man — it’s always a Florida man — who was reportedly off his medication crashed into the Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala early Saturday morning and then proceeded to set its foyer on fire.

"The trouble started about 7:30 a.m. Saturday. People were inside preparing for Mass when a man crashed his van through the front doors of the church, 6455 SW State Road 200. He then backed out of the foyer and exited the vehicle, according to a law enforcement review of the church’s security video," the Star-Banner reported.

"A man wearing a white T-shirt, jeans and a baseball cap is shown on the video entering the building and carrying large red gas cans, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The man pours gasoline on the floor, but then slips and falls. He’s seen throwing something into the room (it turned out to be a shoe) and igniting a large fire."
Posted by:Fred

#10  "Liberalism is a mental illness."
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589   2020-07-13 20:30  

#9  Um... a Puritan parson in Dot, but in Florida possibly not.
Posted by: Clem and Company7879   2020-07-13 18:47  

#8   In an interview with sheriff’s Detective John Lightle, suspect Steven Anthony Shields said he has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is not taking his medication.

Good find, Cromomble Photle1865.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-07-13 15:40  

#7   And the leadership is looking for "disposable" muscle all the time. So...

Yes. But it could have been worse. I think that during the Obama administration this character would have found a way to get his hands on an AR-15.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-07-13 12:43  

#6  Two other anti-Catholic attacks on the very same day and one that I can thaat I can recall since the Burg started. Real coincidence, ain't it?
Posted by: Fred   2020-07-13 10:35  

#5  Is the left a form of mental illness? Looks that way to me.

Not really. But there is a large overlap. And the leadership is looking for "disposable" muscle all the time. So...
Posted by: Nguard   2020-07-13 10:14  

#4  I stand corrected. Actually a lunatic this time.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2020-07-13 07:15  

#3  He sounds like a BLM/Antifa type...

Is the left a form of mental illness? Looks that way to me.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-07-13 05:57  

#2  In an interview with sheriff’s Detective John Lightle, suspect Steven Anthony Shields said he has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is not taking his medication.

Shields said that what he did was “awesome,” and he smiled and laughed while he was questioned at the Sheriff’s Office, according to an arrest affidavit. Referring to himself as the “king” and saying he was on a “mission,” Shields told the detective he has problems with the Catholic Church and made reference to several Bible passages, including the Book of Revelation.
Posted by: Cromomble Photle1865   2020-07-13 05:50  

#1  Lack of name and instant resort to insanity claim makes me suspicious.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2020-07-13 05:41  

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