Two Teens Shot on Fulton in Fort Greene
We received a number of emails last night from readers about a shooting that took place last night in Fort Greene; The Local also posted a late-night account of the incident. The emails we received put the shooting at around 8:15 on Fulton between South Elliott and South Portand; The Local gives a precise time…
We received a number of emails last night from readers about a shooting that took place last night in Fort Greene; The Local also posted a late-night account of the incident. The emails we received put the shooting at around 8:15 on Fulton between South Elliott and South Portand; The Local gives a precise time of 8:23 p.m. and says that one victim was a black male of about 15 years in age and that the other victim was slightly older. One of the emails we received also noted that there were a lot of teenagers out on the street leading up to the shootings being “very rowdy.” Anyone know what was going on? Update: Here are some more details that a reader just sent in…Evidently the scuffle that lead to the shooting started at Atlantic Center about 7:45. The problem? Buffalo Wings is offering $.40 wings on Tuesdays, which has attracted kids from all over the city; in this case, the fact that the next day was a holiday only compounded the problem. According to the tipster, the commanding officer is working with mall security and management to end the promotion earlier. The tipster also said that the kids involved in the shooting were not from the neighborhood.
Update 12:52 pm: We just got the official report from Captain Tasso at the 88th. Turns out there were two separate shootings last night, the one discussed above in which two teens were shot but are in stable condition, and another (also non-life threatening) one at Flatbush and Fulton; there was also a stabbing in the vicinity of Atlantic Center. All three events are being linked to the buffalo wing promotion. There was a large police presence on hand that managed to send thousands of the teens home, obviously some managed to cause problems before leaving the area; none of individuals involved in any of the incidents were from the neighborhood.
Captain Tasso attributing this to the wings special is a lame cop-out. Pardon the pun.
That Captain Tasso at the request of mall security would turn back thousands of teens onto the quite streets of FG is HIGHLY IRRESPONSIBLE.
That 2 kids could get shoot and 1 stabbed within a 4 block radius of the Mall is an absolute DISGRACE to the 88th precinct.
My question would be, “Is the 88th protecting the Mall and its tenants at the expense of the neighborhood?”
I’ve only been to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch football and drink beer, on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Never any violence then. Maybe BWW needs to convince the NFL to institute Tuesday Night Football, so they could fill the place without resort to cheap wings.
“The story is about lack of security in the Atlantic Center – private and public.”
I think the story is about teenagers shooting and stabbing each other.
Not exactly sure what an Atlantic Center security guard could do to prevent a shooting on fulton street.
I was in the east village last week and wanted a slice of pizza. There was one place that had a line going halfway down the block because they sold 1 dollar slices. The crowd blocked the sidewalk and you could barely walk down the block. That is the wing story; it just attracted a crowd of teenagers and the teenagers got into a fight. Wasder is right. The story is about lack of security in the Atlantic Center – private and public.
Ditto, I’m telling ya, just scan that shelf tag to get the truth. They are very slow to restock the shelves or just don’t do it during store hours unless you ask them.
Unless the Chinese invented Buffalo wings.
LOL Biff! I’ll bet they’d be willing to tell the cops anything they wanted to know in exchange for 3 inches of floss to get that errant piece of chicken from betwixt their teefuses! ROFL
Thas interesting about Target. The one time I was dragged there, kicking and screaming, I thought it looked a bit soviet-era with lots of shelves where there was no stock, just scrap and fluff from previously-there products.
“So if the cops want to catch the city’s illegal-gun-toting teenagers they just need to set a large trap loaded with free wings?”
Funny! Can you imagine watching the perp walk with a line of handcuffed dudes with orange sauce all over their faces?