Say, what ever happened to the NRA thing they were going to open on Times Square? Kind of lucky they didn't or they'd be getting blamed for this to.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,80610,00.html
Eight People Shot at Arcade in New York's Times Square
Sunday, March 09, 2003
NEW YORK — Eight people were shot and two were stabbed early Sunday when a brawl erupted inside a nightclub above a Times Square arcade, police said. Two others were trampled as people rushed to get out.
A man who was shot in the chest and a woman shot in the stomach appeared to be the most seriously injured. Both were in critical condition Sunday, said police Sgt. Dennis Ferber.
Police said they were searching for two suspects and talking to three people arrested on weapons charges at a nearby subway station shortly after the fight.
The department cracked down on gang violence in the area last year because of brawls, but police officials said that Sunday's fight apparently was not gang-related.
The Broadway City Arcade and club shares a block on West 42nd Street with the theaters that stage the musicals The Lion King and 42nd Street and with Madame Tussaud's wax museum.
Club security guard Omar Leger said he was in a bathroom when he heard gunshots about 2:40 a.m., and emerged to see people running toward the exits. He said clubgoers were falling and tripping over each other as they scrambled to get out.
"People were getting trampled," said Leger, who estimated that as many as 350 people were in the club.
Another security guard, Juan Jose De la Cruz, said the club's policy is to pat patrons down as they enter to check for weapons.
The brawl followed a month in which a nightclub stampede in Chicago killed 21 people and the club fire in West Warwick, R.I., killed 99.
A man who answered the phone at the arcade early Sunday declined to comment.
All 10 shooting and stabbing victims were ages 17 to 25.
The conditions of the other patrons injured in the melee were not immediately known, but police said their injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,80610,00.html
Eight People Shot at Arcade in New York's Times Square
Sunday, March 09, 2003
NEW YORK — Eight people were shot and two were stabbed early Sunday when a brawl erupted inside a nightclub above a Times Square arcade, police said. Two others were trampled as people rushed to get out.
A man who was shot in the chest and a woman shot in the stomach appeared to be the most seriously injured. Both were in critical condition Sunday, said police Sgt. Dennis Ferber.
Police said they were searching for two suspects and talking to three people arrested on weapons charges at a nearby subway station shortly after the fight.
The department cracked down on gang violence in the area last year because of brawls, but police officials said that Sunday's fight apparently was not gang-related.
The Broadway City Arcade and club shares a block on West 42nd Street with the theaters that stage the musicals The Lion King and 42nd Street and with Madame Tussaud's wax museum.
Club security guard Omar Leger said he was in a bathroom when he heard gunshots about 2:40 a.m., and emerged to see people running toward the exits. He said clubgoers were falling and tripping over each other as they scrambled to get out.
"People were getting trampled," said Leger, who estimated that as many as 350 people were in the club.
Another security guard, Juan Jose De la Cruz, said the club's policy is to pat patrons down as they enter to check for weapons.
The brawl followed a month in which a nightclub stampede in Chicago killed 21 people and the club fire in West Warwick, R.I., killed 99.
A man who answered the phone at the arcade early Sunday declined to comment.
All 10 shooting and stabbing victims were ages 17 to 25.
The conditions of the other patrons injured in the melee were not immediately known, but police said their injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
