Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'larrydavis'
February 23, 2008
After the prison-yard murder of Larry Davis in upstate New York, most City papers noted his infamy and folk- or anti-hero status, but for the most part were content to portray him as a vicious thug, murderer, and all-around lowlife. Davis was shanked multiple times by another inmate at the Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Ulster county New York. Davis was serving a 25 years-to-life sentence there for murder, even after he was acquitted of the......
Continue Reading "Speaking Ill of the Dead"February 21, 2008
Though he survived an NYPD manhunt and hostage standoff in 1986, Larry Davis died violently yesterday in an upstate prison yard after being shanked multiple times by a fellow inmate. Davis was stabbed multiple times with a foot-long metal shank. According to the state Department of Correctional Services, Luis Rosado killed Davis at 7:30 p.m. last night while prisoners were out for an evening recreational session at Shawangunk Correctional Facility. Rosado stabbed Davis on his......
Continue Reading "Larry Davis, NYPD Manhunt Survivor, Killed in Prison"
