2004-03-10 04:00:00 PDT Patchogue, N.Y.-- The initiation rituals at the Masonic lodge here had been bathed in secrecy over the years. The climax of Monday night's ceremony was to be a simple prank. A ...

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — A man was killed during a Masonic initiation ceremony when another member fired a gun loaded with real bullets instead of the expected blanks and shot him in the face, police ...

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. -- A man was shot in the face and killed during a Masonic initiation ceremony by a fellow member who mistakenly pulled out a real pistol instead of a blank gun, police said Tuesday.

Taken as a whole, few groups are as interesting as fraternal organizations. Although somewhat out of fashion today, fraternal orders have historically played outsized roles in communities across ...

A man was shot in the face and killed during a Masonic initiation ceremony by a fellow member who mistakenly pulled out a real pistol instead of a blank gun, Patchogue police said. Albert Eid, the ...