Lower East Side Shooting

Around 4:30 p.m., a shooting was reported on East Houston near Clinton Street. According to police radio, two men fled the scene and one of the perps went into a building on Clinton. We received two tips from readers: "Shooting on Clinton St. - block between Houston and Stanton shut down. Residents can't enter their apartments" and "Gun shot through the window of banco popular on Houston & D. Swat teams moving in, dogs, crazy!"

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By Jen Chung in News on May 6, 2009 5:43 PM

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whitecastlerock

Any description of these gun toting perps?

verbal

great, right next to my kid's school!

verbal

great, right next to my kid's school!

tkchunc

I was in my living room when I heard what turned out to be the three shots.

Then I heard a helicopter circling non-stop around my apartment.

I was just trying to study, so it was pretty annoying.

Then I went outside to join the people, a fellow person myself, and chatted them up and saw all the cops, cop cars, broken glass, and a possible perp getting handcuffed and driven away.