It was about 3AM, I was wakened by the sound of gunshots... about a whole mag emptied in succession in less than 5 seconds. It was over by the time I even realized what had happened. As the sceaming ensued, I finally trudged out of my bed to see what had went down. Apparently from my 15th floor window, I had direct view of the entire scene of what now amounted to a lifeless body and some scattered personal belongings. It was moments later that the cops arrived, I could see a woman who is likely the mother walk out of my building glances over and sees her dead son... she covers her face dazed and confused as she begins to scream and cry "oh my god, my baby" on and on... at that moment my heart sank for her, I felt so bad, no mother should witness what she did but there was nothing I could do but stand idly by like an idiot just watching as it all goes down.
This is Lower East Side Manhattan and relatively safe, I've never witnessed something like this in my life. The police headquarters is just down the block and city hall is just a couple blocks further. I'm still not sure what to think of this. I'd hate to think this was some random act of violence since it would mean it could have been me... not that I'm often out at 3AM but the details are irrelevant at this point. Events happening like it did[whole mag emptied at 3am], I'm guessing this was a guy who got mixed up with the wrong crowd. What a mind fuck that was, kept me up all night hoping he survives just for the sake of his mother regardless of who he is or what he's done. I still don't know who it is but he's likely a resident of my apt building... a neighbor. Whoever you are, RIP.
This was the only thing I could find on the web about it:
http://www.dnainfo.com/20100901/downtown/man-slain-down-street-from-nypd-headquarters
Cliffs:
-3AM, gunshots wake me up
-I look out window, dead guy
-His mother comes out, cries
-I die a little inside.
This is Lower East Side Manhattan and relatively safe, I've never witnessed something like this in my life. The police headquarters is just down the block and city hall is just a couple blocks further. I'm still not sure what to think of this. I'd hate to think this was some random act of violence since it would mean it could have been me... not that I'm often out at 3AM but the details are irrelevant at this point. Events happening like it did[whole mag emptied at 3am], I'm guessing this was a guy who got mixed up with the wrong crowd. What a mind fuck that was, kept me up all night hoping he survives just for the sake of his mother regardless of who he is or what he's done. I still don't know who it is but he's likely a resident of my apt building... a neighbor. Whoever you are, RIP.
This was the only thing I could find on the web about it:
http://www.dnainfo.com/20100901/downtown/man-slain-down-street-from-nypd-headquarters
Cliffs:
-3AM, gunshots wake me up
-I look out window, dead guy
-His mother comes out, cries
-I die a little inside.
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