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The NYPD released footage Friday showing the moment a crazed, Bible-toting gunman was fatally shot by police after he opened fire on the steps of a Manhattan church during a Christmas celebration. 

“Drop the gun! Drop the gun! Drop it!” Office Daurys Gutierrez yelled repeatedly at Luis Vasquez, 52, who was shot and killed at the scene, video shows. 

Around 3:45 p.m. on Dec. 13, the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine on Amsterdam Avenue in Morningside Heights had just wrapped a “Carols for the Community” concert and spectators were lined up and filing into the holy place. 

Vasquez, 52, was blending in with the crowd and standing in line when he suddenly jumped out and started waving two pistols — a Jimenez Arms .380 caliber semiautomatic and a Taurus model PT111 G2 9mm — in the air and raining bullets, the clips show. 

Parishioners and passersby ran for cover, video shows, with some ducking behind cars and another tripping and falling into the street in a desperate bid to escape the frantic scene. 

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Body camera footage shows officer Daurys Gutierrez yelling repeatedly at gunman Luis Vasquez.
Bodycam footage shows NYPD Officer Daurys Gutierrez yelling repeatedly at gunman Luis Vasquez on Dec. 13, 2020.DCPI
NYPD body camera footage shows officer Daurys Gutierrez confront gunman Luis Vasquez at the entrance of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.
NYPD bodycam footage shows Officer Gutierrez confront Vasquez at the entrance of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. DCPI
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Gunman Luis Vasquez is shown blending in with the crowd and standing in line before he started waving two pistols, footage shows.
Vasquez is shown blending in with the crowd and standing in line before he started waving two pistols, footage shows. DCPI
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News cameras that’d been lined up in front of the church, filming the concert, were abandoned while two people lay sprawled on the floor next to the equipment, playing dead, the video shows. 

Gutierrez, who was across the street, ran over and ducked behind a few metal garbage cans and ordered Vasquez to drop his weapon as the Bronx man screamed “Kill me! Kill me!” 

Detective Specialist Jason Harper, who was near the far corner of the church, fired nine shots at Vasquez, Gutierrez fired two and Sgt. Kensington Cunningham, who was in the area for an unrelated event, fired three when Vasquez failed to drop his weapons

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Luis Vasquez points his guns outside the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Harlem.
Luis Vasquez points his guns outside the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Harlem on Dec. 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
The firearm that gunman Luis Vasquez used during the shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine on Amsterdam Avenue in Harlem.
The firearm that gunman Luis Vasquez used during the shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine on Amsterdam Avenue in Harlem. DCPI
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Police arrive at the scene of the shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Harlem.
Police secure civilians at the scene of the shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Harlem. G.N.Miller/NYPost
Police arrive at the scene of the shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Harlem.
Police arrive at the scene of the shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Harlem. G.N.Miller/NYPost
Police arrive at the scene of the shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Harlem.
Police arrive at the scene of the shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Harlem. G.N.Miller/NYPost
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The Dominican Republic native, who was armed to the teeth with a full can of gasoline, rope, wire, multiple knives, a Bible and tape, had planned to take hostages. He was shot once in the head and pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Morningside. 

The Force Review Board will review the evidence to ensure the use of force was justified.

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