Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

By Greg Keller, Angela Charlton
Published May 21, 2013 4:00am ET
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Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
A forensic team arrive at the Notre Dame Cathedral after a man committed suicide, in Paris, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Notre Dame has been evacuated after a man committed suicide in the 850-year-old monument and tourist attraction. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) | Thibault Camus

PARIS (AP) — Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head.

It’s the first suicide in decades at the landmark site, Monsignor Patrick Jacquin, the cathedral’s rector, told The Associated Press.

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