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A 27 year-old man was shot to death in Brooklyn yesterday evening, and the police are looking for two assailants. Witnesses say the victim may not have been the intended target, one man telling the Times, "The shooter was shooting wild. Shooting without even looking."
The Times says Man Is Shot to Death Near Prospect Park, while the Post doesn't really mention Prospect Park at all. Gothamist looked at the address, 65 East 19th Street, it didn't really ring a bell, so we mapped it. The location of the shooting is actually a couple blocks south of the park (which the Times makes clear in the article), which leads Gothamist to wonder if the Times might have seized on the "Prospect Park" as a way to scare local Windsor Terrace, Kensington, and Park Slope residents, who are unaccustomed to crime. Or maybe the Times felt that Prospect Park was a landmark that would give some perspective on the shooting. But this "near the park issue" reminds Gothamist of real estate hucksters who speak of "park views" when it's a sliver of green from another neighbor's flowerbox. Gothamist on Prospect Park.
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I work approx. 2 blocks north of that location, there is gunfire around here pretty often!
The building where I work has bullets embedded in several of the air conditioners on the 5th floor where my office is. My thinking is that if these are only the "stray" bullets 5 flights up, there must be a heck of a lot of gunplay down at street level!
For the record since my Mom is no doubt reading this; I am okay! And my air conditioner is so far bulletproof!
I had to map that too. It kind of ties in to that "other side of Prospect Park" issue brought up in the Times last week.