Posted on 07/15/2008 9:03:43 PM PDT by Drew68
A 21-year-old Staten Island man from a family of convicts was shot and killed Tuesday, apparently with his own gun while trying to rob someone, police sources said.
Grant Fleming was shot on the fifth floor of a building in the Richmond Terrace Houses on Jersey St. but was able to stumble to the lobby, where he collapsed about 2 a.m., cops said.
Fleming, whose brother Rudy Fleming, 23, is serving a life sentence for gunning down actress Nicole duFresne in 2005 on the lower East Side, was taken to Richmond University Medical Center, where he died from the gunshot to his chest.
Another brother, Royal Fleming, 29, is serving an eight-year sentence for beating a man with a baseball bat during a robbery last year, records show.
Police believe Grant Fleming was attempting to rob his killer at gunpoint when the tables turned. They struggled for the weapon and the man was able to wrest it away from Grant and shoot him, police sources said. Video surveillance shows the gunman running off, tucking Grant Fleming's weapon into his waistband, the source said.
"It looks like he was shot with his own gun," the police source said.
Grant Fleming, a father of two young children, was mourned by the mother of his kids and friends on his MySpace.com page, where he listed "Law & Order" as his favorite show.
Law enforcement sources said Grant Fleming had a criminal record - not unlike his brothers. Royal Fleming had been arrested 20 times since 1993.
Rudy Fleming shot duFresne to death while robbing the 28-year-old Minnesota native, her fiancé and another couple on Jan. 27, 2005.
"This family is very well known to us on Staten Island for their long and glorious history of criminal behavior," a police source said.
The recently departed's myspace page.
I remember Nicole duFresne's murder well. She was shot after challenging a robber by calling his bluff and died in her fiancé's arms. IIRC, there were several articles on Free Republic about it.
It’s sad to see a complete waste of an entire generation within a family.
The family that slays together, stays together (that is, until they’re blown to hell).
Tough hop, homie.....
(Baseball All-Star Game reference)
Too tempting. Besides, I'd have make a myspace account to leave my nasty comments, and then I'd get arrested by the thought police who often use the site to track down and arrest people for bad thoughts.
Speaking of getting blown to hell, not much about the guy who blew him to hell. Wonder if the cops are looking very hard for him?
What a doomed family.. prayers for those little kids.
“* I BE SO ICY L!KE MY !CED OUT $CULL HE@D Ya D!GG*”
Hahahhahah! I hope they understand Ebonics in hell.
Sad but at least these guys are where they belong, dead or in prison. Unfortunately, sibling "Royal" Fleming is serving a measly 9 years after 20+ convictions so it won't be long before he's back to business as usual.
I’m sure the NYPD would like to give him a medal. One does pity those poor children. No doubt we can fathom where they may be in another 15 years... (assuming they are male).
Bye Bye dickweed
Part of the Obama electorate.....for "Hope" and "Change"...
Too bad this entire family couldn't have been aborted before they became a pestilence on the planet..
Is that SOB crying?
Lol, you’ve got to wonder whether they were ultimately tripped up by a police helicopter flying overhead or by some random Google Earth user.
Sad?
Hell, in my view it's too bad the bastards couldn't have been aborted or killed decades ago - before they became feral animals stalking and killing innocent citizens.
Yep, he be crying...
Doncha know these boyz from the hood are are mean and kool until the ice water of reality get pumped up their ass....
Then, they have their “come to Jesus” moment - and realize they ain’t mean enough or kool enough....
Using the keyword dufresne pulls up many articles about her murder.
I wish I had included the words "brother of duFresne killer" in parenthesis in the subtitle. There were a lot of people here following that case.
Oh, I know.
I read these threads and wonder if there's ever enough Kleenex® in the world to soak up all my tears.
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