NATION IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Man Barricaded in Church Kills Self
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A heavily armed man who was upset at renovations to a Melbourne Beach, Fla., church wounded two people and barricaded himself inside the church with a hostage for seven hours before killing himself. Officers fired tear gas then stormed St. Sebastian-By-The Sea Episcopal Church and found the body of Douglas Pearson, 47. The hostage, Deacon George Smodell, wounded in the leg, crawled out as police charged.
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