A pistol appeared from the choir loft. Two shots were fired at the assailant below. The gunman pivoted. A torrent of bullets shattered the balcony. Thunderous. Shell casings ejected and danced on the floor. Terror reverberated from the organist and soloist as the thirty-round magazine was emptied. The cathedral’s organ has 4,648 pipes. The instrument has been replaced and refurbished several times since the first one was installed in 1869.
