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This might be one of the crazier landlord-tenant dispute-turned-murder incidents ever. Paul Siddo, landlord at 661 Watkins Street in Brownsville, was fatally shot in the face by the boyfriend of a tenant. Siddo had apparently complained to a tenant about her leaving a bicycle in the hallway - basically telling her and her mother not to pile up garbage in the hallway (including "dirty diapers, food, a stove"). The tenants also owed $3,000 in rent. The police were on the scene when their argument got heated, but "assessed the situation as a civil matter that should be handled by landlord-tenant court."
Witnesses told the Post that the bicycle owner pointed out Siddo, who was in his van, to three men in a car, one of whom then shot him. And Newsday reports:
A police source said the suspect acted on the urging of his girlfriend, who was the tenant involved in the dispute. She later lambasted him for overreacting, claiming she told him that she wanted him only to shoot and wound the landlord, Paul Siddo, 41, not kill him, the source said.Oh, only "shoot and wound the landlord"? That makes all the difference! We imagine the police arrested both the boyfriend and girlfriend.
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I don't think you can say that the bicycle lead to the death of the landlord, but rather the tenant.
It's always a surprise to morons like these when they are told that if you intend to hurt somebody and the victim dies, then you will be charged with murder. Maybe manslaughter if you use your fists and punch once but definitely murder if you use a gun.
Let these scumbags rot in jail forever.
defensive cyclist got the first comment this time! yes!
nick- haha, yes. :)
forwarding this post to our neighbors downstairs *ahem*...
What the Hell? they had a 124 a month rent that they refused to pay? they were subsidized by the government under section 8? they had a sense of entitlement. meanwhile, I'm paying 2000 a month for a hole in the wall while the government subsidizes psychos.
it's always about you, fg. way to stay on topic.
Oh my gosh, what savages; what crazed, murderous animals. It's hard not to support the death penalty here. Or torture.
They pile their garbage up in the hallway & refuse to pay rent of $124 for TWO YEARS, and the landlord can't evict them. What a city we live in. God forbid that the temperature drops during the winter, they have to be provided with heat, even if they're not paying for it.
Now our tax dollars are going to be used to get them both lawyers and go through trials and appeals. (How much you want to bet that one or the other will try to sue the landlord's estate, claiming that his telling them not to leave rotting food in the hallway caused them all kinds of mental aggravation. That they were crazy enough to shoot the guy is proof, right? They'll probably pull it off & make a million or two.)
im very sorry to hear bout this landlord tenant dispute.especially when paul siddo,41 was my daughter kiara siddo young's father.he did not deserve to die this way by that crazy tenant who would never know how much i love him and miss him.may he rest in peace,and i know that he will always be with me.love you paul,bye -elenor young
my birthday is tommarow,and never spend it with you again.bye