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Police: Man threatened to shoot up Baldwin church on Easter

<p>A homeless man is accused of threatening to shoot worshippers of a Baldwin church on Easter Sunday. Parishioners were just finishing their Easter service at Iglesia Despertar Church on Grand Avenue when police say Jose Rodriguez came through the door and approached an usher, asking why the service finished early. Pastor Wilmer Estupinan and his wife, Clara, say the 44-year-old Rodriguez quickly became upset, gestured as if he had a gun and threatened the usher. They started fighting...</p>

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