[craig61a]

Shootings? Pistolwhipped? Hmmm.... I though handguns were illegal in NYC...</SARCASM OFF>

Perhaps what is really needed are carry permits for citizens...

[Texas Eagle]

Send in the UN!

[rontorr]

If some of the patrons were carrying legally licensed firearms of their own, the results would have been much different

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Looks like NYC is going back to the good-old days of rampant crime.

[Gritty]

Police were searching for the suspects

It should be easy enough catching these shooters. Just check the NYC pistol permit database and the bullet DNA database and then just mosey on out and haul in the shooters.

I'm surprised the cops haven't thought of this!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

A scene right out of "LA Confidential."

[AdamSelene235]

A 17-year-old was pistol-whipped and robbed of his earrings

This can't help your self esteem.

[Rome2000]

Just another day in Baghdad on the Hudson.

[aomagrat]

Six of the eight shooting victims were not seriously wounded, police said.

They must have holding their guns sideways.

[joesnuffy]

If they only would have dialed 911
This would have been prevented

[VOA]

I'm disappointed that "it wasn't personal, it was just business" didn't appear in the article.

[DCPatriot]

2004's version of "NO SOUP FOR YOU!!"

[Mr. Mojo]

Bang!

[expatpat]

Bush's strategy is clearly not working!

[philetus]

Asst. principal hurled
down escalator



By KERRY BURKE, JONATHAN LEMIRE
and CELESTE KATZ
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

A 15-year-old student shoved an assistant principal down a school escalator in Manhattan yesterday, sending the man to the hospital and logging yet another arrest in a week of school violence.
Nerva Jean-Pierre, the assistant principal for security at Norman Thomas High School, was escorting the student from the third floor to the second about 10 a.m. when the boy pushed Jean-Pierre, sending him tumbling, police said.

"I saw J.P. on the floor, unconscious, at the bottom of the escalator," said Angel Huertas, 16, a junior from Queens. "The kid who did it to him was being chased by cops and security all over the building. . . . It was shocking."

Police charged the student, whose name was not released, with second-degree assault. He was suspended and will be sent to a Second Opportunity School for violent youngsters, education officials said.

Jean-Pierre, who coaches the school's baseball team, was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was treated for back pain and released. He had returned to the school by 2:30 p.m. yesterday.

"We have a great school. This is an isolated incident," he said. "Ninety-nine percent of the kids are great kids, and I love working at Norman Thomas High School," he added. "Our halls are quiet. Kids go to class."

Jean-Pierre recently joined the 2,800-student Murray Hill school after 10 years at Tilden High School in Brooklyn.

Others were less upbeat about security at Norman Thomas.

"It's pretty sad. We're all exposed here," said Spanish teacher Emilio Lopez, 32. "It could happen to any one of us anytime. It happened before and it'll happen again, but it's never been this bad."

Student Keyana Stevens, 16, of the Bronx, said Jean-Pierre has a reputation for strictness. "He's chasing people all the time," she said. "Nobody likes him because he's so by-the-book."

Mayor Bloomberg announced a crackdown on school violence Jan. 5, sending armed police into the most dangerous schools.

[philetus]

January 17, 2004, 12:20 PM EST


ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A man released from prison after serving 14 years for squeezing a woman to death in a bear hug has been convicted of killing another woman, stabbing her to death last year.

[philetus]

January 17, 2004, 5:15 PM EST


A shooting in Brooklyn Saturday afternoon left one person dead and three others injured, police said.

An unidentified suspect shot the four victims for reasons still unknown, killing one and sending the other three to Kings County Hospital in stable condition. The incident took place on Atlantic Avenue in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn.

There were no arrests and the investigation is continuing, said Officer Doris Garcia, a police spokeswoman.

[philetus]

January 16, 2004, 8:08 PM EST


A man who had earlier shot at two rivals engaged in a shootout with police officers as they tried to arrest him in the Bronx on Thursday night.

Police said Dionisio Mercado, 40, shot at but missed a group of men who were standing in front of 2780 Grand Concourse just after 8 p.m. Thursday. Police said it is believed the shooting stemmed from a drug-related dispute.

At 10 p.m. Mercado spotted one of the men who had been in the group and shot at him, missing again. That man called police and gave them a description of Mercado's car.

Police stopped the car about 10:30 p.m. on Mosholu Parkway near Van Cortlandt Park. When they approached Mercado, he shot at them, police said. Several officers responded by firing about 20 shots at Mercado, all missing. Mercado drove off and crashed into one police car blocking his way. Two officers in that car sustained minor injuries.

Officers gave chase but lost track of Mercado's car on the Henry Hudson Parkway. Mercado's car was later found parked outside Lehman College in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx. Police officers waited out of sight and arrested Mercado when he returned.

Mercado, whose address was not released, was charged with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. He was awaiting arraignment Friday night in Bronx Criminal Court.

[punster]

It sure shows how effective gun control is for controlling crime. It is every bit as bad as the line: "I'm from your government and I'm here to help you."

What they need is to use the Bush Safe Neighborhoods Program to warehouse the violent criminals.

[Squantos]

Hmmmmm didn't see a description so I'll assume the criminals are minorities of some sort........probably guest criminals from south of the border just trying to make a living. They gotta eat too ya know !

Good dang thing handguns ain't allowed in NYC ! A criminal could'a been hurt !

[mware]

Shootings? Pistolwhipped? Hmmm.... I though handguns were illegal in NYC...

Maybe they are too concerned about people with ashtrays in their buildings.