Five People Shot At Rucker Park

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

Five people were shot on a Harlem basketball court Wednesday night during an annual basketball tournament, officials and witnesses said.

Gunfire erupted around 10 p.m. at the Holcombe Rucker Park court on Frederick Douglass Boulevard near W. 155th St. after a dispute during a game for the Entertainers Basketball Classic, witnesses said.

“They started arguing, about a bad call or something like that,” said Rodney Harris, 47. “The guy was standing no more than five feet away from me. He pulled a gun out of his pocket and shot once. He then shot one more time. Everyone started running.”

“He was real close to me,” Harris said. “I thought I got shot.”

Nate Robinson, a former point guard for the Knicks, was at the game but escaped unscathed, witnesses said.

Source: Inside Hoops

 

[JonJon]

That's messed up.

 

[YosemiteSam]

It wasn't a foul.

 

[juck]

Like white man cant jump. lol I played there before. The BBall parks in NYC are awesome and have so much history. Thats sad though.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Like white man cant jump. lol I played there before. The BBall parks in NYC are awesome and have so much history. Thats sad though.

I'm gonna go to my car and get my gun and shoot everyone of you :laugh1:

 

[5Stars]

Thugs-R-Us





Hood rats at best...

 

[TheCount]

Thugs-R-Us





Hood rats at best...

I'm not sure you even know what the term hood rat means...

This sort of thing is by far the exception, not the norm. Rucker sees A LOT of action, and a lot of people in not a lot of space and yes, at times there are thugs who have to ruin things for everyone.

At least it doesn't sound like anyone was killed.