Breaking: Shooting in Fort Greene
According to a tipster, there was a shooting a little while ago near the intersection of Fulton Street and Greene Avenue in Fort Greene. There are currently several police vehicles on the scene and the Fulton is shut down. If anyone’s nearby, please send a photo and some more details. The shooting comes on the…
According to a tipster, there was a shooting a little while ago near the intersection of Fulton Street and Greene Avenue in Fort Greene. There are currently several police vehicles on the scene and the Fulton is shut down. If anyone’s nearby, please send a photo and some more details. The shooting comes on the heels of the discovery of human remains around Fort Greene Park.
Update: 5 shot in a barbershop on Fulton, shooter possibly on the loose. Police advising people to stay inside.
Update: NYT Cityroom blog has the story here. Four people shot in the hair salon pictured below right; at least one dead.
Update: NBC has a story here.
This is disturbing for many reasons 1. It happened in the middle of the day. 2. It was in a busy area 3. Innocent people were shot. My nanny and my child were walking around here when they heard gunshots and had to run away. They could have easily been caught in the gunfire.
Sam,
Give it a few years, your prediction is wrong. You cannot stop the Manhattan spread and Fort Greene is between Manhattan and Park Slope. Drug addicts and alcoholics will be swept away. I don’t know ANYONE who moved here for “daring and danger”.
while we discuss the “hideousness” of granite kitchen counters and recessed lighting in our million dollar brownstones, we should not forget that Brooklyn is largely a city of poor people, some of whom are desperately poor. Many of whom are addleded by drugs and alcohol and some of whom are psychotic.
This ain’t Darien, Conn. or Alpine, NJ. In many ways it is still the inner city of yore. It’s just gotten a hell of a lot more expensive for newcomers to live here.
Like sex on a commercial flight, part of the appeal of living in Brooklyn was the danger and daring of it. That may wear off in hard times.
The City Room post has been updated with further info. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/gunman-shoots-4-at-brooklyn-hair-salon/
Williamsburgy, I think that the kids in Detroit, Butte, Merced and all the other godforsaken places in this country where there are no jobs or opportunities whatsoever may have a reason to complain. New York City? Not so much. There is affordable housing here, actually. There are decent schools. There is public transportation, there are unions. There’s more than just the Walmart on the other side of the tracks to provide opportunities.
Stop being an apologist, you’re not keeping it real.
Most intelligent thing you’ve posted. hahahahahahahaha
You know that the shooter was probably holding the gun sideways.
One thing I take comfort in is that at least the shooter was chasing someone down, now it’s terrifying he opened fire and shot 3 other people! The shooter probably new the target and there were (I’m gonna do it!) drugs, gangs, or stupid male bravado involved. Can’t these guys kill each other on the North Side of Myrtle
Oh boy internet name calling, my self esteem is crushed.