On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Josh Bradley wrote:
> 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 andthe 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 Amherstoffice in 1992 during the "Spring of
> Life," the massive protest by the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue in the
> Buffalo area.
>
>
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