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The family of Carol Simon is grieving after she was killed while walking on Eastern Parkway near Bedford around 5:30PM on Saturday. Simon, a 35-year-old nurse's assistant, had been on her way to take her son to swimming lessons when an argument between two men became violent and one pulled out a gun.
Simon and her son Kieron, 9, had driven to an Exxon to buy some things. Simon realized she forgot her purse, so she left her son in the car at the gas station and walked the short distance to her apartment to retrieve it. On the way back to the car, she was on that phone with a friend when she was shot. Her brother-in-law told the Times, “She said to the friend, ‘I got a bullet. I have to call 911.'"
Police do not believe Simon was the intended victim, as the shooter fired at another man. The police knew Simon because she "helped treat trauma victims" - including cops - at Brookdale University Hospital. Her brother revealed to the Daily News that NYPD Assistant Chief Joseph Fox told him and the rest of the family that Simon was "part of the team" and that "he would solve the case. He would not leave any stone unturned." Simon was also a third-year nursing student at the College of Staten Island.
Community leaders are offering a $3,000 reward for information about the crime. They also asked the community to come forward: State Senator Eric Adams said, "When a bullet leaves the barrel of a gun, it not only pierces the flesh of an individual, but it pierces the soul and the flesh of the body of our community," while civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel said, "When you grow up in New York, the last thing you’re supposed to do is squeal. This is not squealing. This is what a good citizen is supposed to do.”
An undated photograph of Carol Simon and her son Kieron
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Can we find people actively trying to prevent snitching arrested for obstruction of justice?
Norman Siegel said, "When you grow up in New York, the last thing you’re supposed to do is squeal. This is not squealing. This is what a good citizen is supposed to do.”
Doesn't this contradict the city's "if you see something, say something" campaign?
Memo to city: stop sending mixed messages.
"Her brother revealed to the Daily News that NYPD Assistant Chief Joseph Fox told him and the rest of the family that Simon was "part of the team" and that "he would solve the case. He would not leave any stone unturned.""
I'm glad that the NYPD is working to solve this, but saddened by what is implied in that quote: that there are murders not worth putting the same effort into because the victim is not considered "part of the team".
Quotes like this only reinforce the perception of the police as not caring enough about a large percentage of the population they're charged with serving and protecting.
Can we find people actively trying to prevent snitching arrested for obstruction of justice?
So...you want people who are trying to prevent snitching arrested?
"When you grow up in New York, the last thing you’re supposed to do is squeal."
How can somebody say that?
This is such a senseless loss of life. My condolences to her husband and son. RIP Ms. Simon.
Somebody should give these people lessons on how to properly aim and fire a firearm. With the amount of innocent people getting shot, one would think these thugs are shooting with their eyes closed.
"Know your target and what is beyond."
Why does it seem like only the upstanding citizens wind up as victims of drive bys? Why couldn't a serial rapist be inadvertently shot in the head for a change...?
"When you grow up as a human being, the last thing you're supposed to do is squeal."
That's more accurate.
Somebody should give these people lessons on how to properly aim and fire a firearm. With the amount of innocent people getting shot, one would think these thugs are shooting with their eyes closed.
Maybe they could get lessons from cops! Oh, no wait, it takes them an entire clip and a reload to kill someone, I forgot that for a second.
Maybe they could get lessons from cops! Oh, no wait, it takes them an entire clip and a reload to kill someone, I forgot that for a second.
I'm assuming you're referring to the take down of Sean Bell? That would be a great example on how to properly aim and fire at intended target to take down useless thug. So you're right, they could get some lessons from the NYPD.
I'm assuming you're referring to the take down of Sean Bell? That would be a great example on how to properly aim and fire at intended target to take down useless thug. So you're right, they could get some lessons from the NYPD.
Sean Bell, Amadou Diallo... does it matter? Obviously they can't shoot for shit, or they just really like to shoot into nearby apartments for shits and giggles.
"...the bullets ripped into other cars and slammed through an apartment window near the shooting scene on Liverpool Street near 94th Avenue."
Oh, yea, fucking pigs are great at their jobs.
By the way, nice name, "Spear Chucker." Very creative. Lends you lots of credibility, really.