Posted on 06/10/2011 3:31:31 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
A 16-year-old girl was killed and four people were wounded by gunfire Thursday after two groups clashed on a crowded Brooklyn boardwalk, cops and witnesses said.
Two of the victims were bystanders, sources said.
One man used an umbrella to crack another man in the head as the fight erupted on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk near Brighton Sixth St. about 5:20 p.m. Suddenly, a gunman squeezed off about eight rounds, first shooting in the air before aiming at the brawling crowd, cops and witnesses said.
Onlookers scurried into nearby stores and restaurants, huddling in fear as the bullets flew near the oceanfront, witnesses said.
"It was chaotic," said a 48-year-old Queens woman who was visiting Brighton Beach. "We looked at the boardwalk and everyone was running north. It was hectic. It was panic."
The teen - identified by friends as Tysha Jones, a Landmark High School student - was shot under the left armpit, cops said.
She later died at Coney Island Hospital, where a 23-year-old man was clinging to life with a gunshot wound to his stomach.
Tykwan Beckett, 23, and two other men - ages 25 and 26 - were taken to Lutheran Hospital. All were expected to survive.
The two injured bystanders - one hit inside Tatiana Restaurant - were among those in stable condition, sources said.
"I hope that somebody comes forward," said Beckett's sister, Ebony, 27. "If they don't stop him, [the shooter is] going to keep going."
Beckett - a father of 2-year-old twins, a boy and a girl - was hit in his ankle and elbow during the wild shooting.
A 21-year-old Bronx woman who is eight months pregnant said she was 30 feet from the gunfire and feared for her life.
"I got nervous," said the woman, who declined to give her name
"At the moment, you don't know where he was going to shoot," she added. "I left my sandals. I left everything. I could have fell on my stomach - I could have gotten shot."
One stray bullet pierced through the window of an elderly woman's apartment as she sat in front of her TV, witnesses said.
The bullet whizzed through the sixth-floor apartment of Marion Smith, 84, but didn't hit her, said a security guard at the building.
Dozens of cops from Brooklyn and Staten Island swarmed the area. Investigators believe the violence erupted between two rival gangs, cops said.
As the sun faded following a thunderstorm, police were walking shoulder to shoulder on the boardwalk, shining flashlights into the crevices of the pieces of lumber, looking for shell casings.
Amish gone wild again, I see... :/
South Beach, Myrtle Beach, Brighton Beach, Boston, Charlotte, even one dead in Snooki’s Seaside Heights- the multiple “flash mobs” of youths descending on helpless merchants, multiple mobs in Rahm’s Chicago-
it’s Katrina gone national everyday, it’s Obama’s redistribution of wealth
Welcome to Obama’s “transformed” America.
http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/a-history-of-racial-tension-hovers-over-chicagos-beaches/
A History of Racial Tension Hovers Over Chicago’s Beaches
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/7406701.html
Gang attacks test new Chicago mayor’s crime-fighting tactics
http://www.suntimes.com/5871162-417/police-supt.-garry-mccarthy-grills-top-brass-at-compstat-meeting
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy grills top brass at CompStat meeting
Think I'll stay home this summer, dang it.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that Tykwan Beckett’s middle name is “Doe.”
If the preponderance of the beach walkers in the area have diversity, I am leaving. Its just not safe with the prevailing attitude and actions of the diverse crowd and the slow response and inability of the police to protect the public because of PC restraints.
Brings to mind that ole game called "Cowboys and Amish" that we played as kids. (Or did it have another similar name???) Maybe we need to bring it back.:)
Tysha” & “Tykwan”...doesn’t sound like Russian mafiya...its gonna be another long hot summer...”
If Tysha and Tykwan are good names, how about your tagline for names?
Hey, Cogito, wanna walk down to the ice cream stand with Ergo and meet up with Conservitus? Almost sounds like a line from “Spartacus.”
More contributions to society by single mothers.
The 70s if it were run by a mincing megalomaniac. That’s why I call him Michael, the mincing Mayor of megalomania. NYC has absolutely no money, 20 firehouses being closed, cops being reduced by 30%, teachers laid off, even the Bronx zoo is in danger of being closed as they are being cut by 50%. But does that stop the Mincing Mayors hobby of exterior decorating? Hell no! 100s of millions must be spent putting pretty flowers and plants near the 59th street bridge. Artists must be hired to put pretty sculptures and designs near the entrance, patio furniture and giant flower pots must be placed all over the city. You know what gets me, is last week we had a US Marine killed while trying to cross the West side highway. Why was he killed? Because our fggot Mayor decided that the West side highway needed designer trees planted in the middle which block the view of oncoming traffic, and that is why this Marine couldn’t see the car coming. Good going Michael, our mincing mayor of megalomania. Your little fggot hobby has now cost someone their life, and a Marines life no less. I CANNOT wait for this RINO POS to go!
http://www.metro.us/newyork/local/article/871787—marine-killed-by-car-on-west-side-highway
Check out the condition the disgusting DFDs left the beach and boardwalk: http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/140706/one-dead—four-wounded-in-brooklyn-boardwalk-shooting
I'm surprised there were no mounted patrols in the vicinity. I hail from a nearby beach and horse cops were a constant and intimidating fixture on days large crowds were expected.
Hey, don’t fret none. Arrec Bardween is coming to the rescue in ‘13.
You forgot about the free Wi-Fi that will be provided in 20 New York City parks.
Muggers take note:
Bronx: Joyce Kilmer Park, Bronx River Park and Devoe Park
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Bridge Park, Fort Greene Park, Herbert Von King Park, McCarren Park and Prospect Park
Manhattan: Battery Park, Thomas Jefferson Park, Central Park (multiple locations), the High Line, Holcombe Rucker Park, Marcus Garvey Park and Tompkins Square Park
Queens: Astoria Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park and MacDonald Park
Staten Island: Clove Lake Park and South Beach
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/city_parks_to_get_free_wi_fi_pCpbHv1iKIyemvTKYIG71L#ixzz1OsZldJQR
This was a Crips and Bloods thing. Yutes with guns and nothing to do....
LOL! Exactly..”Gee, where are all the laptops, ipod, ipads, and other stuff like that at?” He’s a freakin’ lunatic this guy. I gotta take pictures of the 59th street bridge, people wouldn’t believe what he’s doing to this bridge. He has them taking the smashed up cement from the old barriers and making these weird jagged sculptures out of them, then these “people paths” in the middle of traffic with designer trees and bushes along side them. Why is he doing this? Like all ‘rats - Because his “legacy” is all that matters. Let people burn to death, let disarmed people get mugged left and right, at least they will die in wonderful fabulous Disneywonderland.
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