The New York Post
July 5, 2004 -- Two good Samaritans were recuperating from gunshot wounds yesterday after they were shot in The Bronx.
The attack may have been in retaliation for the pair stopping a street gang from beating up two teens earlier in the day, police said.
The victims, store clerks Thomas Medina, 29, and José Abreau, 38, were standing outside an auto shop at 1693 Jerome Ave. Friday at around 8:30 p.m. when a gunman opened fire with a .45-caliber pistol.
Both men were hit as bystanders fled in panic.
It was not clear if the victims were the intended targets or if the shooter, believed to be a member of the Bloods, had been aiming at the teens with whom he and a half dozen other pals had brawled two hours earlier, police said.
Medina and Abreau were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital.
Cops said the shooter was accompanied by another man, and they fled toward Davidson Avenue in University Heights.
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July 5, 2004 -- Two good Samaritans were recuperating from gunshot wounds yesterday after they were shot in The Bronx.
The attack may have been in retaliation for the pair stopping a street gang from beating up two teens earlier in the day, police said.
The victims, store clerks Thomas Medina, 29, and José Abreau, 38, were standing outside an auto shop at 1693 Jerome Ave. Friday at around 8:30 p.m. when a gunman opened fire with a .45-caliber pistol.
Both men were hit as bystanders fled in panic.
It was not clear if the victims were the intended targets or if the shooter, believed to be a member of the Bloods, had been aiming at the teens with whom he and a half dozen other pals had brawled two hours earlier, police said.
Medina and Abreau were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital.
Cops said the shooter was accompanied by another man, and they fled toward Davidson Avenue in University Heights.
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