Shooting On MTA Bus In Queens: One Dead, One Wounded

The Q111 bus, via NBC New York

A shooting broke out on a Q111 NYC Transit bus in Queens at around 4:04 p.m. today. The incident, at Parsons Boulevard and Archer Avenue, left one man dead at the scene and another wounded after being shot in the face. The shooter apparently just walked onto the bus and started firing. Police say he is in custody.

According to the Daily News, "The gunfire sent about 50 panicked passengers rushing to the front of the bus, an MTA spokesman said. The driver opened the doors and the riders streamed outside." The News also says the shooting seems linked to a fatal shooting two miles away 15 minutes earlier.

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By Jen Chung in News on December 2, 2011 6:46 PM

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birdtird

uhm attention racists, he was crazy, he thought people he hadn't met were following him, white people do this shit too, in white neighborhoods like sheep's head bay, when that lunatic russian grafftti kid went around killing people last winter or whatever

whiteiris

Yeah, he was "paranoid" after spending 7 years in prison for armed robbery and wanted to settle a score with his girlfriends son.
Poor misunderstood guy.

Adam Moreira

Talk about wrong place at the wrong time.

Peanut_Butter

What year was Mad Max set in? Are we there yet?

Rocknrope

I haven't seen any sign of assless chaps yet, thank god.

Jimmy

Who cares its in the ghetto.

PS no one cares about OWS anymore

Freddi BuBu

I would doubt anyone has cellphone footage but perhaps there's a surveillance video somewhere....

Tony

segregated busses would at least keep the respectable folk safe from these beasts.

shinobishaw

Apparently you're not that aware of history (netiher is your audience who liked your post), segregation and jim crow laws did not work in the 50's and 60's and will not work now.

Oh but please be my guess and bring that to the city council or mayor's office as a proposal and see how they laugh their asses off by your backwards absurdity.