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Two men shot and injured at north Minneapolis vigil for murder victim
StarTribune.com ^ | 3/12/13 | Nicole Norfleet

Posted on 03/13/2013 7:54:44 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

Two men were injured Tuesday night in a drive-by shooting on a busy north Minneapolis street during a memorial for a slain Brooklyn Park man.

The shooting happened a little after 7 p.m. near W. Broadway and Bryant Avenue N., said Sgt. Steve McCarty, a spokesman for Minneapolis police.

The two men who were shot were taken to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale with noncritical injuries, McCarty said. No arrests have been made.

The men were part of a group of about 30 people who gathered outside on a sidewalk on W. Broadway in memory of Haywood Eaton, who was shot and killed during a fight in the parking lot of the nearby Burger King in September 2009. His mother, Stephanie Eaton, said her son would have been 22 years old Tuesday.

“We’re out here lighting candles and setting up balloons when a little red car came by and started shooting,” she said.

As they drove off, whoever fired the shots didn’t shout anything, Eaton said.

But she did.

“I called them cowards,” Eaton said.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: banglist; gangs; murder; vigil
These days, a vigil is the most dangerous place to be. I notice that the Strib isn't allowing reader comments on this story...
1 posted on 03/13/2013 7:54:44 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Let me go out on a limb here ... If 0bamao had a son ...


2 posted on 03/13/2013 7:56:11 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: Westbrook

Feral Amish as I suspected!


3 posted on 03/13/2013 7:58:08 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

The Democrats would rather go after law abiding gun owners then dare to go after gangbangers. In every major city it’s the same thing.


4 posted on 03/13/2013 8:01:03 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Obama's vision - No Job is a Good Job)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

.....when a little red car came by and started shooting,” she said.

I suspect Bond, James Bond. Who else has a car that can shoot?


5 posted on 03/13/2013 8:01:52 AM PDT by logitech (Who's here so vile, that will not love his country? If any speak, for him I have offended)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Yeah. Check this out. A lawmaker wants to toughen penalties for evil doers and the “community” is against it because it will “unfairly” target the people that NEED targeting.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2996368/posts


6 posted on 03/13/2013 8:04:42 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR: The Same Five Stories. Each And Every Day.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Not being familiar with Minneapolis, I am curious as to just how close W. Broadway and Bryant Avenue N. is to Martin Luther King Blvd.
Or street or blvd or ave or parkway or road.
7 posted on 03/13/2013 8:05:33 AM PDT by Tupelo (Old, Bald, Ugly, Fat and Broke in Arizona)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“Vigil” or “gang gathering”? The drive-by makes me suspect that the “vigil” was seen as a good opportunity by a rival gang to score some points.


8 posted on 03/13/2013 8:07:21 AM PDT by kevkrom (If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs...)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Did they get anything at the drive-thru?


9 posted on 03/13/2013 8:08:40 AM PDT by AppyPappy (You never see a massacre at a gun show.)
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To: kevkrom

Not the first time that there has been trouble at a vigil put on by this mother.


10 posted on 03/13/2013 8:12:41 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: VeniVidiVici

Says a lot about the liberal thought process, doesn’t it. In their minds, the fear armed, law-abiding citizens more than feral urban street dwellers, ‘gangstas, and mexican gang-bangers. Actions speak volumes. I think the largest liberal fear is when law abiding citizens start shooting back, because the liberals know that at that point, they have lost, and worse, they have nowhere to run or hide.


11 posted on 03/13/2013 8:16:18 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Nobody is going to tell me these people are “equal” to me. I refuse to believe that uncivilized, barbaric, 3rd world cretins resemble me in any way.


12 posted on 03/13/2013 8:27:42 AM PDT by envisio (Its on like Donkey Kong!!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Doggone those violent Minnesota gangs of ethnic Norwegians vs. Swedes up there. Cold weather seems to bring out the worst in them Nordic thugs and their violent ways. (’


13 posted on 03/13/2013 8:28:42 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: factoryrat

“””Liberals... In their minds, the fear armed, law-abiding citizens more than feral urban street dwellers, ‘gangstas, and mexican gang-bangers.””””

Well they’re thinking of the next election. Add guilty white hipsters and young Lady Gaga fans to that mix and thats Obama’s entire voting base.


14 posted on 03/13/2013 8:31:23 AM PDT by envisio (Its on like Donkey Kong!!)
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To: Tupelo

MLK is in St. Paul, actually. REAL nice neighborhood...


15 posted on 03/13/2013 8:35:15 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: Westbrook
Let me go out on a limb here ... If 0bamao had a son ...

Well, they were called cowards!!

16 posted on 03/13/2013 8:52:30 AM PDT by Tolkien (Grace is the Essence of the Gospel; Gratitude is the Essence of Ethics.)
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To: Tupelo
I'm pretty sure it's right next to MLK jr. High, which used to be called Johnson Jr. High.

and it's the damn Finlander’s causing all the trouble St. Urhos day is Sat.

17 posted on 03/13/2013 9:53:59 AM PDT by BarbM (Portuguese Dog--Kenyan president)
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