1 Dead, 4 Wounded in Bed-Stuy Shooting

2008_07_gateave.jpgA July 4th weekend barbecue turned tragic when a group reportedly "crashed the party and unleashed a barrage of gunfire." A 21-year-old woman was killed and four others were taken to the hospitals.

A party was being held behind 969 Gates Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant--which is just down the street from the 81st Precinct. Around 1 a.m. yesterday, the shooting began. One witness told the Sun, "It was a rapid succession of shots. After that, the music stopped, people started screaming, and that was it — it was all over quick."

The father of a 19-year-old woman, Imani Walker, who was shot in the chest said, "There were kids laying around - it looked like a war zone." Walker is in critical condition at Kings County Hospital, and another woman and two men (per the Daily News, "including one man who uses a wheelchair since being paralyzed years ago by a gunshot").

The fatality was Zeanie White, a Kensington resident who attends York College; she was shot multiple times and died at Kings County. Her aunt told the Post, "She was well raised and well respected. Her mother couldn't ask for a better daughter. [Her parents] are devastated." The police are looking for an unknown number of shooting suspects.

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The interesting thing is the police station is around the corner from were this shooting took place

that's not interesting, that just means they'll respond quicker, you animal.

go back to kansas.

is this the "gritty" nyc everyone longs for?

Need to keep it gangsta to still cool in the hood.

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