Man Shot Outside LaGuardia Airport

2009_08_lgashoot2.jpg Late last night, a man was shot outside the Delta-United terminal. WABC 7 reports that his body was "discovered" around 11:30 p.m. "near the central taxi hold area for yellow cabs, where several taxi drivers rushed to the man's aid. One called 911, while the shooting victim asked for a driver's cell phone." He was taken to Elmhurst Hospital for surgery and is expected to survive. MyFoxNY says that cops suspect "the victim may have been shot inside a vehicle or off airport property, and then dumped in front of the terminal"—a silver Pathfinder with three armed men reportedly fled the scene. And according to the Daily News, it was a "drug deal gone bad."

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You dump a guy you shot at the AIRPORT of all places? One of the most surveilled spots in the city? Why not just dump him at City Hall or the Federal Reserve?

Did he still make his flight to Columbia on time?

Why would he be flying to the Upper West...ohhhhh...you meant Colombia, the country

Um, I was right there getting a cab the night before... at 11:30pm.

Yeah why in the world would you pick a fucking AIRPORT to drop a body?

That said, they got away, so maybe they were right.

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