Brooklyn Mom Gunned Down Outside Church

A 31-year-old woman was shot to death in front of the God's Battalion of Prayer Church in East Flatbush on Saturday night. The Daily News reports that church had been holding an anti-violence meeting at the time, "The sound of gunfire interrupted talks about an upcoming anti-violence rally." The victim was Francilyn Blake, and a witness told WCBS 2 that Blake's daughter was seen near her mother's lifeless body, "Imagine that. Seeing your mother dying in front of you, at such a young age." On Sunday, the church's parishioners said the police told them it was not a random incident but a shooting from a domestic dispute and that Blake knew the shooter—the News says the shooter fired from an SUV. Police are asking for anyone with information to call CrimeStoppers (1-800-577-TIPS/1-800-577-8477); and the church youth leader who called the police said, "We were crying inside knowing that we're meeting to address these issues of violence and this woman was being shot right outside."

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By Jen Chung in News on April 6, 2009 10:16 AM

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Huffy6241

I understood what you meant, capitalization and punctuation genius...

tsol

Because the Bill of Rights has a "chokehold" on this country.

Qraymond

This woman is dead and all you people can talk about is grammar and her looks.

Awful.

akrnyc

because these people are complete sociopaths and have nothing better to do with their lives.

This is truly sad indeed. As I mentioned in the Binghamton post, why do we continue to allow the NRA and it's demented followers continue to have such a chokehold on this country?

yg

That's right, only criminals and the government should have weapons!

Guest

she's cute.

mrguy

that sentence really could have been written better. on first (and second, and third) read it does sound like the author is saying that the dead mom saw her daughter.

Jen Chung

I changed it to "near"-- hope that helps.

Rocknrope

WTF, I guess I'll stop commenting until this double/triple posting thing is resolved.

Rocknrope

The victim was Francilyn Blake, and a witness told WCBS 2 that Blake's daughter was seen by her mother's lifeless body,

Shouldn't this be the other way around?

fakenewyorker

by is also a preposition grammar genius

Rocknrope

Maybe you're too thick to understand that I'm saying it could be read improperly.

Huffy6241

I was just correcting your lack of capitalization and punctuation in your insult to fakenewyorker. This clear everything up capitalization and punctuation genius?