Word: gunman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...benign-looking man with spectacles and graying hair. Quietly, he spoke for ten minutes about death and the need to dedicate life to the cause of peace and justice. Finishing his homily, he stepped to the altar and raised the chalice of Communion wine. At that moment, a lone gunman stepped up to the open door of the chapel. "We heard what sounded like an explosion, like a bomb," said a nun who attended the service. The archbishop fell to the floor, his blood streaking the white altar cloth. He was mortally wounded, struck in the heart by a single...