Two Weird Stories Get Weirder

Earlier today, I wrote about the two break-ins at City Hall and the man shot by police on Sunday morning. But never did I think the two stories would intersect!

No, really, I didn’t. I mean, who would think they’d cross paths? That’d be a pretty wild guess. Well, anyway, they are connected. The Inquirer’s Patrick Kerkstra reports that 26-year-old Charles Kelly — shot by police Sunday morning at 9th and Market streets after lunging at them with a steak knife and shouting “Kill me!” — is the same man who broke into City Hall and took Anna Verna’s Bible and trashed the Pennsylvania Supreme Court offices. The knife he wielded at police was the same one he took from Verna’s office.

Officials say Verna is well-known for ordering 16-pound steaks to her office, hence the steak knife.

Okay, I made that last part up. But somehow everything else is actually true. I guess if you’re going to go out, might as well break into City Hall beforehand.

Man killed by police had broken into City Hall [Inquirer]
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