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Hampton carnival canceled after 5 shot, 1 killed
DailyPress ^ | May 26, 2013 | By Sarah Pawlowski

Posted on 05/27/2013 3:34:19 AM PDT by csvset

HAMPTON — The Hampton Coliseum Spring Carnival has been canceled following nearby shootings Saturday night that killed at least one teen and injured four others.

Hampton police officers and members of the Hampton Fire and Rescue Division found 16-year-old Ralphael Davis Jr. lying in the road in the 1900 block of Coliseum Drive shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday, according to Hampton police spokeswoman Mary Shackleford. Davis, who suffered a gunshot wound to his upper torso, was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead at 11:14 p.m., Shackleford said.

Officers located four additional victims in parking lots adjacent to hotels in the 1900 block of Coliseum Drive, who were also transported to a local hospital.

Shackleford said a preliminary investigation indicated a verbal altercation took place between two groups of individuals. The altercation escalated when the suspect or suspects displayed a firearm, discharging multiple rounds, which struck the victims.

This year’s shooting wasn’t the first for the Hampton Coliseum Spring Carnival, Hampton police spokesman Jason Price said. Shots were fired as the carnival was closing for the night one evening last year, but no one was shot, he said. Price said he was unable to verify Sunday if there were any shootings at the carnival before last year or if this is the first year the carnival was canceled due to violence.

The 10-day annual carnival, which has been held for more than 35 years, opened Thursday and was scheduled to run through June 2.

Coliseum Director Joe Tsao said annually the carnival draws from 25,000 to 30,000 visitors, and is a revenue generator for the city both in terms of direct spending at the carnival and indirect spending with the area merchants.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: africanamericans; doa; hampton; yutes
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1 posted on 05/27/2013 3:34:19 AM PDT by csvset
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Raphael Davis, 16

A candlelight vigil is planned for 7 p.m. Monday in the Hampton Coliseum parking lot.

2 posted on 05/27/2013 3:37:43 AM PDT by csvset
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If Obama had a son this is what he would be like.
3 posted on 05/27/2013 3:39:46 AM PDT by detective
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Must be another Tea Party Event. /sarc


4 posted on 05/27/2013 3:40:14 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
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Step right up . . Place yer bets !


5 posted on 05/27/2013 3:40:31 AM PDT by tomkat
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Probably went there for the Skittles...


6 posted on 05/27/2013 3:44:35 AM PDT by csvset
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It must be terrible to have arthritis of the fingers at that early in your life. He must have suffered greatly from being unable to pick “buggers” from his nose.
7 posted on 05/27/2013 3:47:12 AM PDT by primatreat ("I suffer too")
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God d***ed thugs slither in and screw it all up for everyone. Just like what happened in Va Beach a few weeks ago. All those knuckledraggers should be place in a fighting pit and allowed to kill each other off.


8 posted on 05/27/2013 3:54:49 AM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberal is to patriotism as Kermit Gosnell is to neonatal care.)
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It's all part of the plan.

Yes, I have stock in tin foil.

9 posted on 05/27/2013 3:57:23 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I can't prove it, but they're true)
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..cancellation?...oh it must be the sequestration...or locally, they won’t give us mo money or ammo


10 posted on 05/27/2013 3:58:07 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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And he was really a good boy who was just getting his life together.


11 posted on 05/27/2013 3:59:13 AM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberal is to patriotism as Kermit Gosnell is to neonatal care.)
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If you find that blacks are having a party in a town

Stay away.

You can call that racist if you like , I don’t care, but it’s just common sense and good advice.


12 posted on 05/27/2013 4:00:31 AM PDT by Venturer
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Wait until the "victims" sue the city. C'mon, somebody has to pay for this ! /s

Candlelight vigil? Will more shots ensue?

13 posted on 05/27/2013 4:03:40 AM PDT by csvset
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I guess 4 killings was the limit.


14 posted on 05/27/2013 4:10:52 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
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I mean 4 shootings! :)


15 posted on 05/27/2013 4:11:30 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
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From WTKR's article on the shooting;

“That person is going to get theirs as far as the situation that happened that’s a bad situation,” said Isaiah Alston.

Alston says he met Davis at Bethal High School, but he knew the teen as Little Ralph.

“He wasn’t like a trouble maker at all. He was like a cool person, mad-chill, but he got hung up with the wrong people and got caught up with the wrong crowd,” said Alston.

16 posted on 05/27/2013 4:14:43 AM PDT by csvset
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“If you find that blacks are having a party in a town Stay away.”

Just like the “Black Expo” in Indianapolis, just another excuse to get the tribe together and kill one another.

FUBO


17 posted on 05/27/2013 4:20:34 AM PDT by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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The altercation escalated when the suspect or suspects displayed a firearm, discharging multiple rounds, which struck the victims.

Must have been some lucky (or unlucky depending on point of view) "discharges". Imagine the damage if the perp(s) had aimed and shot/fired.

18 posted on 05/27/2013 4:22:26 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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Damn......Amish just can’t get along......or is it “urban renewal”?


19 posted on 05/27/2013 4:23:23 AM PDT by kenmcg (scapegoat)
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Candlelight vigil? Will more shots ensue?

Probably.

20 posted on 05/27/2013 4:24:04 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The Commie Plot Theory of Everything. Give it a try - you'll be surprised how often it makes sense.)
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