Results tagged “stevenjohnson”

Untitled, by Shveckle.

The NY Times has a good article about the second trial of Steven Johnson, who unleashed his anger by shooting people and taking others hostage in an East Village bar almost five years ago. Johnson, who has AIDS, was unemployed at the time and was allegedly looking for "happy people" to "avenge the oppression of black people like himself," according the Times.

Gothamist remembers this incident vividly, as we had almost stepped into Bar Veloce, the wine bar with great panini, early that June 16, 2002 evening, but decided to pass since it was so crowded. The next day, we heard about the incident: Johnson shot a man on the way to Bar Veloce; tied up Bar Veloce patrons and moved them into the kitchen, later throwing kerosene on them; shooting the Chef Iso, chef/owner of the late Iso, in the hand when Iso came to see what the hubbub was.