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Shooting at NYC City Hall. 2 dead, including Concilman James Davis

Posted on 07/23/2003 11:19:01 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs

Reporters diving for cover at City Hall.

Shots are coming from second floor.


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 1photo206; banglist; black; bloomberg; casualties; cityhall; councilman; giuliani; newyork; newyorkcity; ny; nyc; nypd; othnielboazaskew; pataki; security; sociopath; soulbrother; strange
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To: floriduh voter
"It's not terrorism, it's democracy."

You are stinking kidding me, did he really say that?

I am not going to say what I'm thinking.

361 posted on 07/23/2003 12:45:43 PM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
http://1010wins.com/topstories/winstopstories_story_204142432.html

(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) A gunman opened fire inside the City Council chambers Wednesday afternoon during a routine hearing, leaving two victims sprawled side by side on a second-floor balcony. Police were still searching for the shooter nearly an hour later.

Brooklyn Councilman James Davis was shot twice in the chest, according to a police officer at the scene.

At least a dozen shots echoed across the second floor of the landmark lower Manhattan building, with reporters diving for cover beneath their desks one floor below as the hall's rotunda filled with screams.

"It was so loud you couldn't hear the direction," said City Council photographer Dan Luhmann. "At first, it was absolute stillness. And then people rushed out and ducked under their desks and it was chaotic."

The shooter was one of about 100 people in the balcony inside the second-floor council chambers when the gunfire began after 2 p.m, according to eyewitnesses.

"I looked up, and I saw someone shooting downward," said City Council member David Yassky. A security guard returned fire, according to Yassky. (to the balcony with 100 people in it!)

Police sought a man in a blue suit in connection with the shooting, which continued for about three minutes. Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in his office but was not harmed, said his spokesman, Edward Skyler.

Security, particularly since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, was amped up at City Hall. Metal detectors were installed at either end of the barricades, along with metal barricades.

Two victims were rushed from the front of the building on stretchers, loaded into ambulances and brought to New York University Downtown Hospital with gunshot wounds, said hospital spokeswoman Vanessa Warner.

An emergency worker said the two victims were lying side by side in the balcony, both with bullet wounds to the chest (most likely courtesy of the "security" guard).

Police officers, including some in riot gear, were seen running across the plaza in front of the building once the shooting stopped. It was not immediately known if the shooter was captured.

The City Council was holding a meeting on Wednesday, but it was unclear if the shooting was related to the session.

The entrances and exits to the building were sealed off, and a stretcher was rushed inside by police in flak jackets.

362 posted on 07/23/2003 12:45:59 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: floriduh voter
Did Bloomberg actually say that? Here I thought he would only get 35% of the vote for re-election, this could put him under 30.
363 posted on 07/23/2003 12:47:42 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: Labyrinthos
>Given the population density in New York City, there is a much greater chance that in addition to one dead creep, you would also have a lot of innocent people [??!] killed or wounded in the line of fire.
364 posted on 07/23/2003 12:47:42 PM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: vetvetdoug
NY is wrong IMHO to have such strict gun control which lends the area to having shooters in a target rich environment.

Totaly agreed.

365 posted on 07/23/2003 12:47:42 PM PDT by harpseal (Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown)
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
Councilman James Davis is dead (sorry, may have name wrong)
366 posted on 07/23/2003 12:47:42 PM PDT by bedolido (please let my post be on an even number... small even/odd phobia here)
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To: eyespysomething
I wouldn't agree with him politically either, but being murdered in City Hall? Unimaginable. I pray for his soul, and pray the other victim survived.
368 posted on 07/23/2003 12:47:42 PM PDT by Catspaw
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To: kegler4
Fox: dark skinned, cream color suit. We'll have to wait for an update on the shooter. He's either dark or light, was wearing blue or cream color.

I hate to say this but the democrats will find a way to blame the POTUS.

369 posted on 07/23/2003 12:47:43 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Click On my Name - Visit My Profile)
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To: Braak
"the Schumer hit the fan."

He He

370 posted on 07/23/2003 12:47:57 PM PDT by alphadog (die commie scum)
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To: HenryLeeII
Fox News is reporting that the shooter may have had some sort of clearance to bring in a gun or used a private entrance that did not have magnometres.
371 posted on 07/23/2003 12:48:07 PM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (Your request is not unlike your lower intestine. Stinky and full of danger.)
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To: GovernmentShrinker
The shooter was dressed as a security guard??
372 posted on 07/23/2003 12:48:20 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Alberta's Child
His fellow Brooklyn council member Marty Moskowitz, on the other hand, is probably as white as Elmer's Glue.

Marty's very busy right now with his "important" project shown here. These "important" signs will be at exits in Brooklyn.


373 posted on 07/23/2003 12:48:25 PM PDT by katnip (Ilya was cuter)
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To: hellinahandcart
Bloomberg is an idiot.
374 posted on 07/23/2003 12:48:50 PM PDT by William McKinley (Go Postal!)
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To: Alberta's Child
This is not intended to be a racist comment in any way, but as soon as I hear about a Brooklyn councilman named "James Davis" I automatically assume he is black. His fellow Brooklyn council member Marty Moskowitz, on the other hand, is probably as white as Elmer's Glue.

I'm not disputing what you say - I think we all make assumptions based on these kinds of things. But, I've also known white guys named Willie Davis, and Charleston, SC (of all places) had/still has(?) a black police chief named Rueben Greenberg! Go figure...

375 posted on 07/23/2003 12:48:59 PM PDT by HenryLeeII
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To: floriduh voter
Now it is being reported that the shooter was NOT shot and injured.
376 posted on 07/23/2003 12:49:04 PM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (Your request is not unlike your lower intestine. Stinky and full of danger.)
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To: GovernmentShrinker
wow liberal rats killing of power struggle big surprise
377 posted on 07/23/2003 12:49:16 PM PDT by conservativefromGa (www.awbansunset.com)
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To: unoAmerican
Fox is saying the guy had security clearance to bypass the metal detector. Beware of men in blue suits.
378 posted on 07/23/2003 12:49:34 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Click On my Name - Visit My Profile)
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To: Labyrinthos
You must live in Podunk, North Dakota, population 117. Given the population density in New York City, there is a much greater chance that in addition to one dead creep, you would also have a lot of innocent people killed or wounded in the line of fire.


353 posted on 07/23/2003 12:44 PM PDT by Labyrinthos





DU is the place for you!
379 posted on 07/23/2003 12:49:47 PM PDT by Area51
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To: PhiKapMom
http://www.caribvoice.org/Features/cariimpact.html

African immigrant Sidique Wai, however, failed in his first bid for the council. Wai mustered a meager 4 percent. The race was won overwhelmingly by former cop James E. Davis. He was followed closely, however, by Letitia James with 31 percent, Peter Williams and Abraham E. Wasserman with 10 percent respectively, and William Saunders and Robert Hunter with 5 and three each.
380 posted on 07/23/2003 12:50:16 PM PDT by jimbo123
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