virus: outrage
Josh Bradley (jab13@cornell.edu)
Sat, 24 Oct 1998 10:48:19 -0400
Sniper kills New York doctor who performed abortions
October 24, 1998
Web posted at: 3:49 a.m. EDT (0749 GMT)
AMHERST, New York (AP) -- A doctor who performed abortions and had been the
target of anti-abortion protesters was shot and killed by a sniper, The
Buffalo
News reported Saturday.
Dr. Barnett Slepian, 51, was gunned down by a single shot from a high-powered
rifle Friday night. The bullet crashed through a kitchen window as Slepian
paused in an office area of his house, police told the newspaper.
Police believe the assassin hid behind a swimming pool in the backyard of the
doctor's house.
"Somebody lay in wait," said Amherst Police Chief John B. Askey.
The shooting took place at about 10 p.m. Amherst is near Buffalo.
The FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms are
investigating.
The FBI and Candadian police have warned of possible sniper attacks against
doctors who perform abortions in the Rochester area and Canada.
Slepian temporarily closed his Amherst office in 1992 during the "Spring of
Life," the massive protest by the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue in the
Buffalo area.