Source: pix11.com - Saturday, April 18, 2015
BEDFORD STUYVESANT, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Sherwayne Bascom is in disbelief that his 16-year-old son Dontea is gone—the victim of a shooting Friday night outside the Marcy Houses in Brooklyn. “He’s always happy, always gives his heart to everybody. I didn’t expect this to happen,” said the distraught father of 12. Bascom said the last time he saw Dontea was 4:30 p.m. Friday afternoon. About two and a half hours later, the ninth grader was shot in the groin and rushed to Kings County Hospital Center where he died of his wound. His 13-year-old cousin Michael was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center where he’s expected to recover from shots to his chest and leg. “I hope he gets better,” said Bascom. “It’s sad, you know, a little 13-year-old they try to kill. Sad that my son lost his life.” Witnesses described a scene of chaos with bullets flying everywhere, and people ducking for cover. Memphis Waddell was sitting outside close to where the gunfire broke out. “I just heard some shots,” said Waddell, who has been living in the Marcy Houses for three decades. “People were running this way, and that way. They all scattered.” He said one of the wounded boys was on a bench, the other lying nearby under scaffolding. Just who opened fire and why, is still under investigation. As of Saturday afternoon, 16 people were being questioned at the 79th Precinct. Six shell casings have been recovered, and Dontea Bascom’s cousin has so far not cooperated w
from Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/1OrUnAZ
BEDFORD STUYVESANT, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Sherwayne Bascom is in disbelief that his 16-year-old son Dontea is gone—the victim of a shooting Friday night outside the Marcy Houses in Brooklyn. “He’s always happy, always gives his heart to everybody. I didn’t expect this to happen,” said the distraught father of 12. Bascom said the last time he saw Dontea was 4:30 p.m. Friday afternoon. About two and a half hours later, the ninth grader was shot in the groin and rushed to Kings County Hospital Center where he died of his wound. His 13-year-old cousin Michael was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center where he’s expected to recover from shots to his chest and leg. “I hope he gets better,” said Bascom. “It’s sad, you know, a little 13-year-old they try to kill. Sad that my son lost his life.” Witnesses described a scene of chaos with bullets flying everywhere, and people ducking for cover. Memphis Waddell was sitting outside close to where the gunfire broke out. “I just heard some shots,” said Waddell, who has been living in the Marcy Houses for three decades. “People were running this way, and that way. They all scattered.” He said one of the wounded boys was on a bench, the other lying nearby under scaffolding. Just who opened fire and why, is still under investigation. As of Saturday afternoon, 16 people were being questioned at the 79th Precinct. Six shell casings have been recovered, and Dontea Bascom’s cousin has so far not cooperated w
| All Related |
from Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/1OrUnAZ
New York (AFP) - Music lovers lined up for blocks and sellers reported bumper trade on Record Store Day, a sign of the rebirth of vinyl in one bright point for the long-troubled recording industry. Some 3,000 independent stores Saturday in nearly two dozen countries put out new and reissued records specially for the day, which was conceived in 2007 to support businesses facing a twin onslaught from instant digital music and corporate chains. To mark the occasion, rock giants the Foo Fighters -- accustomed to filling arenas -- played a concert for 150 people at a store in a strip mall of tiny Niles, Ohio, near the home of the grandmother of frontman Dave Grohl. Third Man Records, a Nashville store run by rocker Jack White, put on sale a reissue of Elvis Presley's rare first single, "My Happiness," in packaging resembling the 1953 original. On one of the year's first summery days in New York, several stores had waits of more than an hour as fans sought to buy some of the 400 special releases on sale in the United States. Kim Gordon of alternative rock icons Sonic Youth and classic English punks the Buzzcocks held signings at the New York branch of Rough Trade, which also put on artist events at its original British locations and in Paris. Vinyl-only store In Living Stereo, which opened several years ago in Manhattan's stylish Noho neighborhood, welcomed shoppers with free cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and live bands as special edi
YouTuber Snooperking recreated the recently released second teaser trailer for the upcoming Star Wars sequel, Star Wars: The Force Awakens , entirely out of LEGOs. Here's the original teaser trailer #2 for comparison: Previously: LEGO 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Teaser Trailer #1 [ snooperking ]
MONTREAL — Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard fell in straight sets on Saturday at its Fed Cup tie against Romania to tie the World Group playoff at a match apiece. Bouchard, of Westmount, Que., lost 6-4, 6-4 to Alexandra Dulgheru in the second singles match of the day. Bouchard never looked confident in the match, committing 21 unforced errors. Dulgheru, ranked No. 72 in the world, broke Bouchard in the only break point opportunity of the second set at 3-3. Earlier in the day, Montreal’s Francoise Abanda defeated Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the opening singles match of the best-of-five tie. The 18-year-old Montreal native needed two hours 39 minutes to register the victory. Related Eugenie Bouchard will play in Canada’s upcoming Fed Cup tie versus Romania Patience please: Eugenie Bouchard’s slump should not come as a surprise Eugenie Bouchard experiences growing pains as she follows up breakthrough season THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes Canada's Francoise Abanda celebrates after defeating Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu in their Fed Cup tennis match in Montreal. On Sunday, Bouchard will play Begu while Abanda faces Dulgheru in singles before Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Toronto’s Sharon Fichman take on Andreea Mitu and Raluca Olaru in doubles. Canada is looking to maintain its position in the elite eight-team World Group for 2016. Abanda started the match impressively, fighting off two break points in the first game be
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece aims for a deal with its creditors over a reforms package but will not retreat from its red lines, the country's deputy prime minister told the Sunday newspaper To Vima, not ruling out a referendum or early polls if talks reach an impasse. Athens is stuck in negotiations with its euro zone partners and the International Monetary Fund over economic reforms required by the lenders to unlock remaining bailout aid. Ongoing talks are not expected to produce a deal for the approval of euro zone finance ministers at their next meeting in Riga on April 24 as progress is painfully slow. "Our objective is a viable solution inside the euro," Yannis Dragasakis told the paper. "We will not back off from the red lines we have set." Asked whether the government had thought of calling a referendum or even going to the polls if talks become deadlocked, Dragasakis said this could be a possibility, although the government's goal was to reach an agreement. "In the back of our minds these are possibilities of finding a way out, if there is a dead end. The aim is (to reach) an agreement." Greece is quickly running out of cash and in the next few weeks may face a choice of either paying salaries and pensions or paying back loans from the International Monetary Fund. Shut out of bond markets, Athens could get more loans from both the IMF and euro zone governments, but it would first have to implement reforms, agreed with the cr