Breaking: Shooting in Fort Greene
According to a tipster, there was a shooting a little while ago near the intersection of Fulton Street and Greene Avenue in Fort Greene. There are currently several police vehicles on the scene and the Fulton is shut down. If anyone’s nearby, please send a photo and some more details. The shooting comes on the…
According to a tipster, there was a shooting a little while ago near the intersection of Fulton Street and Greene Avenue in Fort Greene. There are currently several police vehicles on the scene and the Fulton is shut down. If anyone’s nearby, please send a photo and some more details. The shooting comes on the heels of the discovery of human remains around Fort Greene Park.
Update: 5 shot in a barbershop on Fulton, shooter possibly on the loose. Police advising people to stay inside.
Update: NYT Cityroom blog has the story here. Four people shot in the hair salon pictured below right; at least one dead.
Update: NBC has a story here.
For the record Dave in Bed-Stuy, your “glad this doesn’t happen in Bed-Stuy” comment, where did the suspect allegedly flee to.. Where are the police searching… Not Clinton or Vanderbilt Aves.. Lock your doors tonight.
My last post was a stupid reaction to Xander. It was lame like him.
What do you get when you shoot a kid from Canarsie
Your bike back.
Williamsburgguy,
Cry me a river. These kids suck, but then again who knows the age of the person that did this horrible shooting today. If he’s over 21, no excuse or blaming society. ELECTRIC CHAIRS ALL AROUND!!!!
What does a kid from Canarsie get for Christmas?
Your bike.
Xander could be one of the most ridiculous people on the net these days. Man, you make Don Imus look like a Saint. By the way, calling this neighborhood a “ghetto” should be a million times more offensive to those who have made this their home for decades, than the newer folks. Xander if you don’t live in Fort Greene get your nose out of a discussion about it. I don’t ramble on about your apartment in the Farragut Houses. By the way, my neighbor wants his laptop back.
Some of these kids who are running around doing some of these sorts of things (albeit not usually as serious as murder) are partially this way because of the hopelessness they feel in living in a city where they know they will never be able to own a home or even pay rent unless they live 5 to a studio. We have created this new generation of hopeless high school graduate or high school dropout. Either way, a young kid fresh out of school or even fresh out of college can only afford to live with a bunch of other people with what wages are for these young people. How frustrating is that. Seriously, could anyone on here afford to live by themselves or even with another person in this entire city making McDonalds or bodega wages – typical jobs for young people? It’s no surprise they feel totally helpless, hopeless, and turn to selling drugs, guns, robbing people, etc. The gentrification is/was good for older established folks, but there has to be a break for low and lower middle income people who stay in the city or else desperate people tend to do desperate things. Now that unemployment is on the rise and prices are going up and rents are totally exhorbitant, expect more to come.
I am far from a racist, I hate everyone equally, but it doesn’t change the fact that Fort Greene sucks donkey balls.
Yay…A story to give all the liberal racist on Brownstowner an excuse to mention the “Ghetto” and talk about how shitty Brooklyn Neighborhoods are.