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Accused embassy gunman said he feared Cuban organized crime

by Associated Press
| May 3, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Cuban man who sought asylum in the U.S. opened fire with an AK-47 at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, spraying the front of the building with nearly three dozen rounds because he wanted to “get them before they could get him,” according to court papers.

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