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An afternoon spree of shootings and carjackings by one man was ended yesterday by police, who fatally shot the suspect in a gun battle where 130+ shots were fired. A 23-year-old named Victor Gordon, with ten arrests already listed on his rap sheet, left his girlfriend's apartment on President St. after an argument. He walked over to St. Paul's Place just south of Prospect Park––perhaps stopping at a few bars along the way––and stole a Dodge Charger at gunpoint just before 2 p.m. He drove it back to the home of his ex-girlfriend, where he began firing shots into her front door. The Daily News reports that Gordon was visibly drunk at this time. As he stumbled down the steps from her building, he dropped his gun and then picked it up and brandished it at a group of children playing nearby.

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on Lafayette and Broome in Manhattan, a missing child on Rochester Ave. and President St. in Brooklyn, and a shooting on East 183rd St. and Crotona Ave. in the Bronx.
• A self-admitted alcoholic gave shaky and erratic testimony this afternoon, but was positive that he never would have given his beneficiary a stupid name like "Rafra" in the trial of two men who were accused of plotting to kill homeless drunks for their insurance money.
• Leave off the last "S" for settlement. Mattress retailer "Sleepy's" is coughing up some change from under the mattress.
• Ground Zero was Giuliani's finest hour, but linked illnesses remain a political liability.
• Nora Ephron is now a guest NY Times Op-Ed columnist. CultureGrrl Lee Rosenbaum writes, "Her first column, about her obsession with online Scrabble, appeared yesterday. Next essay topic? Maybe Mah Jongg."
• The price of NYC apartments have surged 23% in the last quarter, to an average of $743,000.
• The price of a first class stamp just rose to 41¢. If you buy Liberty Bell stamps now, they'll remain that price forever.
• Peter Braunstein wanted to skip the whole fake-fireman routine and just kill Anna Wintour.
• Donald Trump's next ratings stunt will be firing his own grandchild, or at least making the big baby cry.

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery and arrest on 1st Ave. in Manhattan, an unstable building report on President St. in Brooklyn, and a tall truck met a low overpass bridge on West 231st St. in the Bronx.
• NJ Governor John Corzine remains on a ventilator and is heavily sedated, a day after he was involved in a car accident that left him severely injured. The severity and extent of the Governor's injuries––that necessitated the infusion of seven pints of blood––appear more serious than initially reported.
• Mathieu Eugene remains in the race for a contested City Council seat in Brooklyn. A judge rejected a lawsuit asking for his removal from the ballot because he was never officially sworn in after he couldn't prove residency at the time of his special election.
• Cops and bar owners are continuing a discreet affair that involves quiet meetings and promises of improved behavior, by both parties.
• Curbed looks at a Brooklyn's bad case of the Demolition Measles, which is almost as bad as the rash of gentrification that's been plaguing the borough.
• The NYPD is leaving everyone mystified about how someone could be arrested for trespassing at a non-existent address.
• Worried relatives sent firefighters to check on an elderly relative who was proving unreachable. They searched, found, and then rescued her from a home filled with garbage. The Long Island woman was buried beneath three feet of trash.

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