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Weapons of mass destruction ! ?
>
> Posted on Sunday, 01.25.09
> LIBERTY CITY
> SILENCE AFTER THE BLOOD BATH
> 'Not one person has come forward' after worst shooting in years
> BY DAVID OVALLE AND ROBERT SAMUELS
>
dovalle@MiamiHerald.com
> With nine people wounded, two fatally, police called it one of the
> largest mass shootings in Miami history.
>
> But the weekend blood bath in Liberty City -- triggered by a mystery
> gunman who unleashed a hail of bullets on a street dice game --
> underscored the same themes woven through much of Miami's urban
> violence, big or small.
>
> Guns, poverty, lack of jobs and education, black-on-black violence,
> little cooperation with police -- familiar themes highlighted anew
> Saturday at a news conference organized by city leaders.
>
> ''This is a sick situation,'' said Rev. Jerome Starling, a firebrand
> activist. ``Last night was a terrible night in our community.''
>
> Both young men slain were teenagers: Brandon T. Mills, 16, and Derrick
> ''Termite'' Gloster, 18.
>
> The two teens were part of a large crowd of about 50 people who
> gathered around a street craps game Friday evening on Northwest 15th
> Avenue just south of 71st Street.
>
> The games had been going for hours, witnesses said, first in the
> parking lot of a dilapidated three-story apartment building known for
> drug sales. Then it moved across the street, next to Brewton's grocery
> store.
>
> There, Kenya Coles, 25, and her sister had gone to pick up potato
> chips and soda. As they paid at the counter, Kendra said she noticed a
> man outside pulling a gun from his waistband.
>
> ''Big, like an AK-47,'' she said.
>
> Just before 10 p.m., the attacker ambushed the crowd with the weapon.
> Past a small apartment building and the Pavilion Laundromat, a second
> burst of gunfire erupted behind the Miracle Fry Conchfritter eatery.
>
> Joan Rutherford, 45, was warming up chicken and rice at her next door
> apartment. She dived to ground, then ran outside along with more
> onlookers.
>
> One teen lay on the ground, gasping for air, cash clenched in his
> fist, Rutherford said.
>
> ''His face was totally gone. The aroma of blood was in the air,'' she
> said. ``I've never been in the service, but it was like combat, like
> Vietnam.''
>
> One of the wounded teens was Andrew Jackson, 16, shot in the buttocks.
> He lay on his stomach on the sidewalk when his mother came rushing to
> him.
>
> 'He was just calling out to me, `Mommy! Mommy!' '' said mother
> Danielle Coles, 45.
>
> Hundreds gathered on the street. Patrolmen, some called in from other
> city patrol zones, rushed to control the crowd.
>
> The two teens were declared dead immediately.
>
> The diminutive Gloster lived with his grandmother, Brenda Estinat, 53,
> in a modest pink house just blocks from where he met his demise.
>
> Gloster had been arrested 18 times since 2005, on charges ranging from
> trespassing to illegal gambling. Mills had one arrest, a 2006 battery
> charge. But he was working toward his GED, family said.
>
> ''He wasn't no bad person,'' Estinat said of her grandson. ``Everybody
> loved him. I mean, he cussed, he acted like he was hard, there would
> be little moments where he got in trouble, but then he would always
> call Grandma. He wasn't a bad child.''
>
> The other shooting victims -- all males in their late teens and early
> 20s -- were taken to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital,
> one with a critical wound.
>
> ''This is one of those calls we were hoping was a false alarm,'' said
> Miami fire rescue Lt. Ignatious Carroll. ``It was one of those things
> you rarely see -- that many people shot.''
>
> Detectives received conflicting witness accounts of the shooting,
> including the presence of a second shooter. Robbery is one theory.
> Police believe at least two guns were used.
>
> But on Saturday, they had no firm suspect description, little
> cooperation from witnesses and no tips from the public.
>
> ''I was taken aback by the fact that so many people got shot and not
> one person has come forward to say anything,'' said Miami homicide Lt.
> John Buhrmaster.
>
> On Saturday, as the politicians gathered for the news conference,
> technicians and detectives continued poring over a war zone-like crime
> scene.
>
> More than 100 evidence cones -- many marking bullet casings -- dotted
> the street. A purple bicycle lay on the street. A pair of red women's
> flat shoes remained on the blacktop, abandoned in the chaos.
>
> Neighbors gasped at the five-foot-wide bloodstain on the sidewalk.
>
> The city leaders who gathered included Mayor Manny Diaz, Chief John
> Timoney, Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones and Schools Superintendent
> Alberto Carvahlo.
>
> Diaz decried state and federal governments' slashing of budgets that
> provide programs for inner-city youths. Carvahlo, noting some victims
> hailed from Northwestern High, stressed that extra security and
> counselors would be at the school Monday.
>
> All complained of the lack of government restriction on assault rifles
> increasingly used in Miami murders.
>
> ''These are weapons of war. They don't belong on the streets of Miami
> or any other city in America,'' Diaz said.
>
> Anyone with information on the shootings can call Miami's homicide
> bureau at 305-579-6530 or Miami-Dade CrimeStoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
>
> Join the discussion
> The Miami Herald is pleased to provide this opportunity to share
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> papa wrote on 01/25/2009 07:56:08 AM:
> to think the u.s. goverment put cuba on the list of state sponsors of
> terrorism. they should put south florida on that list for the murder
> capital of the u.s. i guess no one coming forward is a sign that the
> community just dosen't care who lives or dies, so let the carnage rage
> on and learn to live with it and keep your mouths shut fools.
>
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> UncleWally wrote on 01/25/2009 06:05:22 AM:
> Silly comment Mr. Mayor. Castro would be proud of you wanting to take
> our guns away. Would you feel better if the gunman used a car? A
> knife? A bat? Lucky he used an AK47 or more people would have been
> killed. That type of bullet will go all of the way through a person. A
> small round like a 9mm will expand inside the body and cause
> additional trauma. Sad thing is that nobody is willing to turn in the
> coward that took these young men from us. Very Sad!!
>
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> rjscheppy wrote on 01/25/2009 05:50:37 AM:
> Can anyone identify the weapon? Was it an AK-47 Made in China?
>
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> scurrilous wrote on 01/25/2009 03:50:57 AM:
> Copycat? ~ Reports: 2 shot dead, 7 hurt at Wichita wake 1 hour ago
> WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say two people were killed and seven
> injured in a shooting at a wake in southeastern Wichita. Deputy Police
> Chief Robert Lee tells The Wichita Eagle and KAKE-TV that all the
> victims of Saturday night's shooting were adults. He did not know
> their ages or genders. One victim was reported in critical condition
> and four others were in serious condition. Lee says the shooting
> occurred around 9:30 p.m. during a wake at someone's house. He could
> not say how many shooters were involved but says some of the shots
> came from outside. Police are looking for a pickup truck seen leaving
> the home. No arrests have been made. Police did not immediately return
> phone calls from The Associated Press.
>
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> stevenleonard wrote on 01/25/2009 03:45:23 AM:
> In a city where violence and corruption are rampant and uncontrolled,
> one has to expect that there will be senseless acts carried out by
> those whom are tired of the status quo. Nobody is safe from acts like
> this, because our city's administration and officials are asleep at
> the helm. Liberty City is known for horrific crimes, especially on
> 15th avenue. One would think that if the police really cared they
> would habe added a community policing center to try and help intervene
> in the lives of those whom seek out a better way, or a positive role
> model to confide in. Miami in general, and especially the Miami Police
> is run and administered by crooks. The blind leading the blind down
> here! Don't come to Miami, or go anywhere in this town without your
> bullet proof vest and side arm.
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Weapons of mass destruction ! ?
> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:47:14 -0500
> Subject: gun bashs a coming
> From:
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> To:
jayjayjay40@hotmail.com
> CC:
venator1957@gmail.com
>
> Posted on Sunday, 01.25.09
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LIBERTY CITY
> SILENCE AFTER THE BLOOD BATH
> 'Not one person has come forward' after
worst shooting in years
> BY DAVID OVALLE AND ROBERT SAMUELS
>
dovalle@MiamiHerald.com
> With nine people wounded, two fatally,
police called it one of the
> largest mass shootings in Miami history.
>
> But the weekend blood bath in Liberty City -- triggered by a mystery
> gunman who unleashed a hail of bullets on a
street dice game --
> underscored the same themes woven through much of Miami's urban
> violence, big or small.
>
>
Guns, poverty, lack of jobs and education, black-on-black violence,
> little cooperation with police -- familiar themes highlighted anew
> Saturday at a news conference organized by
city leaders.
>
> ''This is a sick situation,'' said Rev. Jerome Starling, a firebrand
> activist. ``Last night was a terrible night in our community.''
>
> Both young men slain were teenagers: Brandon T. Mills, 16, and Derrick
> ''Termite'' Gloster, 18.
>
> The two teens were part of a large crowd of about
50 people who
> gathered around a street craps game Friday evening on Northwest 15th
> Avenue just south of 71st Street.
>
> The games had been
going for hours, witnesses said, first in the
> parking lot of a dilapidated three-story apartment building
known for
> drug sales. Then it moved across the street, next to Brewton's grocery
> store.
>
> There, Kenya Coles, 25, and her sister had gone to pick up potato
> chips and soda. As they paid at the counter, Kendra said she noticed a
> man outside pulling a gun from his waistband.
>
>
''Big, like an AK-47,'' she said.
>
> Just before 10 p.m., the attacker ambushed the crowd with the
weapon.
> Past a small apartment building and the Pavilion Laundromat, a second
> burst of gunfire erupted behind the Miracle Fry Conchfritter eatery.
>
> Joan Rutherford, 45, was warming up chicken and rice at her next door
> apartment. She dived to ground, then ran outside along with more
> onlookers.
>
> One teen lay on the ground, gasping for air, cash clenched in his
> fist, Rutherford said.
>
> ''His face was totally gone. The
aroma of blood was in the air,'' she
> said. ``I've never been in the service, but it was like combat, like
> Vietnam.''
>
> One of the wounded teens was Andrew Jackson, 16, shot in the buttocks.
> He lay on his stomach on the sidewalk when his mother came rushing to
> him.
>
> 'He was just calling out to me, `
Mommy! Mommy!' '' said mother
> Danielle Coles, 45.
>
> Hundreds gathered on the street. Patrolmen, some called in from other
> city patrol zones,
rushed to control the crowd.
>
> The two teens were declared dead immediately.
>
> The diminutive Gloster lived with his grandmother, Brenda Estinat, 53,
> in a modest pink house just blocks from where he met his demise.
>
> Gloster had been
arrested 18 times since 2005, on charges ranging from
> trespassing to illegal gambling. Mills had one arrest, a 2006 battery
> charge. But he was working toward his GED, family said.
>
>
''He wasn't no bad person,'' Estinat said of her grandson. ``Everybody
> loved him. I mean, he cussed, he acted like he was hard, there would
> be little moments where he got in trouble, but then he would always
> call Grandma. He wasn't a bad child.''
>
> The other shooting victims -- all males in their late teens and early
> 20s -- were taken to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital,
> one with a critical wound.
>
> ''This is one of those calls we were hoping was a false alarm,'' said
> Miami fire rescue Lt. Ignatious Carroll. ``It was one of those things
> you
rarely see -- that many people shot.''
>
> Detectives received
conflicting witness accounts of the shooting,
> including the presence of a second shooter. Robbery is one theory.
> Police believe at least two guns were used.
>
> But on Saturday, they had
no firm suspect description, little
> cooperation from witnesses and no tips from the public.
>
> ''I was taken aback by the fact that so many people got shot and not
> one person has come forward to say anything,'' said Miami homicide Lt.
> John Buhrmaster.
>
> On Saturday, as the
politicians gathered for the news conference,
> technicians and detectives continued poring over a
war zone-like crime
> scene.
>
> More than
100 evidence cones -- many marking bullet casings -- dotted
> the street. A purple bicycle lay on the street. A pair of red women's
> flat shoes remained on the blacktop, abandoned in the
chaos.
>
> Neighbors
gasped at the five-foot-wide bloodstain on the sidewalk.
>
> The
city leaders who gathered included Mayor Manny Diaz, Chief John
> Timoney, Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones and Schools Superintendent
> Alberto Carvahlo.
>
> Diaz decried state and federal governments' slashing of budgets that
> provide programs for inner-city youths. Carvahlo, noting some victims
> hailed from Northwestern High, stressed that
extra security and
> counselors would be at the school Monday.
>
> All complained of the
lack of government restriction on assault rifles
> increasingly used in Miami murders.
>
>
''These are weapons of war. They don't belong on the streets of Miami
> or any other city in America,'' Diaz said.
>
> Anyone with information on the shootings can call Miami's homicide
> bureau at 305-579-6530 or Miami-Dade CrimeStoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Join the discussion
> The Miami Herald is pleased to provide this opportunity to share
> information, experiences and observations about what's in the news.
> Some of the comments may be reprinted elsewhere in the site or in the
> newspaper. We encourage lively, open debate on the issues of the day,
> and ask that you refrain from profanity, hate speech, personal
> comments and remarks that are off point. In order to post comments,
> you must be a registered user of MiamiHerald.com. Your username will
> show along with the comments you post. Thank you for taking the time
> to offer your thoughts.