Guard fatally shoots man armed with swords at Scientology building

Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times
LAPD investigators examine the scene of the shooting Sunday afternoon in Hollywood. Detectives cordoned off the Franklin Avenue complex with yellow tape as investigators combed through the dead man’s vehicle.
Police say surveillance tape at the Church of Scientology’s Celebrity Centre in Hollywood backs the guard’s contention that he was acting in self-defense.
By James Wagner and Harriet Ryan
November 24, 2008

A security guard at the Church of Scientology’s Celebrity Centre in Hollywood on Sunday shot and killed a man wielding two samurai swords, police said.

Police detained the guard for questioning but said that a surveillance tape at the facility backed his claim that he fired his semiautomatic handgun to protect himself and two colleagues.

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3 Responses to Guard fatally shoots man armed with swords at Scientology building

  1. David says:

    His name was Mario Majorski. He was a former Scientologist. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/11/24/2008-11-24_fatally_shot_scientologist_was_mental_pa.html

    Issue #318 of The Auditor, a Scientology magazine, lists him as an attendee of the “Saint Hill Special Briefing Course” in 2004. http://forums.whyweprotest.net/625943-post13/

  2. Aww, why do you say that? I have no desire to see anything bad happen to Rick.

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