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2020-07-13 Fifth Column

Florida man crashes into Catholic Church, sets it on fire with worshipers inside

[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 2020-07-13 00:50|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [30 views ] Top

#1 Lack of name and instant resort to insanity claim makes me suspicious.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-07-13 05:41|| 2020-07-13 05:41|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-07-13 05:50|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-07-13 05:57|| Front Page Top

#4 I stand corrected. Actually a lunatic this time.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-07-13 07:15|| 2020-07-13 07:15|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-07-13 10:14|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-07-13 10:35|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-07-13 12:43|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-07-13 15:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Um... a Puritan parson in Dot, but in Florida possibly not.

Posted by Clem and Company7879 2020-07-13 18:47|| 2020-07-13 18:47|| Front Page Top

#10 "Liberalism is a mental illness."

Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2020-07-13 20:30|| 2020-07-13 20:30|| Front Page Top