Update on June 9, 2022:
Man arrested for ‘target shooting’ that accidentally hit building near Hill Cumorah Visitors’ Center
Police have arrested a man who was practice shooting and accidentally hit a building near a popular New York historic site owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Michael R. Bushart, 23, of Fairport, New York, was arrested in connection with Wednesday’s shooting near the Hill Cumorah Visitors’ Center on State Route 21 in Manchester, according to a New York State Police news release.
State Troopers were dispatched to the Hill Cumorah Visitors’ Center Wednesday at 5:45 p.m. after an apartment window was struck by a bullet. The troopers were on the scene with Ontario County Sheriff deputies when additional shots were fired.
Following an investigation, police found Bushart to be “target shooting” from farmland west of the Hill Cumorah Visitors’ Center, the news release said, and he “unintentionally hit a building,” Finger Lakes Daily News reported.
To read more of this updated report from the Deseret News, CLICK HERE. Below is the previous article on this incident:
Gunman at Hill Cumorah fires 22 shots, no one injured at Latter-day Saint visitors’ center
The following was excerpted from the Deseret News. To read the full article, CLICK HERE.
A shooter fired as many as two dozen rounds from a treeline, twice striking the Hill Cumorah Visitors’ Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Manchester, New York on Wednesday afternoon, the Finger Lakes Times reported.
About 80 people were at the visitors’ center at the time of the shooting, according to the report. The news outlet said the gunfire triggered a massive police response, including a SWAT team, but the shooter had not been found.
Other outlets said as many as 100 more visitors were on grounds.
Ontario County sheriff’s personnel said more than 22 shots were fired at the building, according to police radio traffic, the Times reported.
New York State Police have jurisdiction but are not yet providing any information. Officers are still on the scene and a press briefing at the site is expected this evening, a trooper told the Deseret News.
To read the full article, CLICK HERE.
G. Randall in IDJune 9, 2022
The word “gunman”, itself’, conjures up in the mind images similar to those of recent events. It implies malicious intent. A “man doing target practice” (in the story) is NOT the same as a “GUNMAN” (in the headline). I am becoming increasingly wary of headlines in the media, as they seek to sensationalize stories just to raise our heart rate and hopefully get more clicks. I expected better from Meridian Mag.