Bronx Killing Spurred by...Bathroom Rage?

2008_03_mensroom.jpgYesterday's fatal shooting at a Bronx sports bar was apparently prompted by an angry patron using the bathroom. While earlier reports noted that Luis Paulino fired upon the crowd at the Oasis Cafe because of an argument, the Post now reports Paulino was "furious over getting dragged out of" the men's room.

According to the Post's police sources, Paulino was in the bathroom for a "very, very long time" and other patrons had knocked on the door and "pleaded with him repeatedly, in two languages," eventually "kicking it down and pulling him out." Enraged, Paulino left the bar, went home and got his gun, and returned to the club, to shoot the impatient patrons.

However, those patrons apparently left and Paulino's gunfire ended up killing Manuel Saico, an innocent diner, and critically injuring another patron. Paulino was charged with murder, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Neighbors are not fan of the Norwood section bar, with one telling the Daily News, "They let everybody drink at whatever time. They don't care ... They have no consideration." And on another related note, the NYC Public Toilet Map is available.

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He must have been getting coked up in there. Lock him up and throw away the key.

god, i live with some foul people up here.

Shouldn't the patrons who vandalized the property by kicking in the door be punished?

Dude couldn't drop a deuce in peace, so he decided to grab his piece and drop a couple of people instead.

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