Posted on 04/05/2006 11:29:14 AM PDT by JZelle
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- A baby shower erupted into a fight among guests in which one man was shot and several other people, including the seven-months-pregnant guest of honor, were beaten with a stick, police say.
Three people were arrested after the brawl, described by police as a "baby shower gone bad."
Police said the shooting victim, Aristotle Garcia, got into a fight with a man who is dating his ex-girlfriend. The argument, over whether the woman let their 5-year-old daughter drink beer, escalated and drew in two other people - Jazz Rivas and Juan Velazquez, said Police Lt. Cheryl C. Claprood.
When the baby shower's hostess tried to intervene, Rivas began hitting some of the guests, including the 22-year-old mother-to-be, with a large stick, she said.
Velazquez fired a gun in the air, then fired it into the crowd, hitting Garcia in the stomach, according to police. Garcia, 26, was in stable condition at Baystate Medical Center. The mother-to-be was treated after the incident Saturday and released.
Velazquez, 19, was arrested Tuesday and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, armed assault with intent to murder. He had not yet been arraigned as of Wednesday morning.
The man Garcia was initially fighting with, Antonio Santiago, 25, pleaded innocent to similar charges on Tuesday and was ordered held in lieu of $50,000 bail.
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Family values don't stop at the Rio Grande dontcha know.
Just throwing the parties that Americans refuse to throw.
Something tells me they were not from around there.........originally.........
And yet they continue to think that they are the epitome of civilized society.
Having the fights at baby showers that Americans won't have.
Police said the shooting victim, Aristotle
Crazy philosophical Greeks.
Oh gosh! Sounds like some of the parties I heard about on my mom's side of the family.
WTH is a man doing at a baby shower?
This sort of fun is usually reserved for Thanksgiving at my house.
No beer for a five year-old?
Obviously not an Irish gig...
Oddly every baby shower I've attended has been all women and no beer served.
Sounds like the fights that break out during wedding receptions. Those local firehalls can be lethal places, hehehe.
Cleaning up!....
LOL!!!
LOL!
I would have bet on the guy named "Jazz"...
Lesson: Never invite men to a baby shower.
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