At 5:40am I was jolted out of sleep by a noise. BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG. I raced outside, I looked down, I saw the black car with its door open. I saw another car next to it. I saw the body in the middle of the street. I stood. I gawked. I went back inside. I put on clothes. I heard the sirens. I went back outside. I gawked. I went back inside. I got my camera. I went back outside. I took some photos. I went back inside. I went back outside. I watched the EMTs put the body on the stretcher. I went back inside. I heard the ambulances leave. I went back outside. The street was quiet except for two police cars, their lights on in the middle of the street.
I went back inside.
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tom.p.odonnell [deleted] 52 months ago | reply
There are two kinds of pictures: one that is artsy and just interesting to look at, like a landscape; and one that captures a moment in time to preserve it forever (without having to be a perfect shot.)
this picture is both.
laijuyesh 52 months ago | reply
excellent shot
Congrats on explore
ShainaEng 52 months ago | reply
OMG...
That's just... Scary.
Glad you're okay.
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David :D [deleted] 52 months ago | reply
Wow... must have been a heckuva scare... So much violence..
(deaf mute) 52 months ago | reply
I wish you'd used a telephoto lens. I want to smell the blood. ;)
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harrysio 52 months ago | reply
zoom in =) maybe next time photog can submit their shots to the investigators
ian_taylor_photography 52 months ago | reply
Little far? I would've hauled butt downstairs.
Steffe 52 months ago | reply
Not the wake up call you would like, but a good news photo all the same.
carljgodwin 52 months ago | reply
Grim!
Sam, 52 months ago | reply
poor guy.
evantravers 52 months ago | reply
Very interesting. The perspective is makes this very dramatic, also with the light pouring from the lower right.
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Ryan Brenizer 52 months ago | reply
Jeeez, right next to NYU? Awful.
unbound67 [deleted] 52 months ago | reply
holy crap
MuffinMummy 52 months ago | reply
That's awful, and amazing.
Great pic - not meaning to be tasteless, but it is.
gmknva 52 months ago | reply
Awful Thing Yes, Don't Be A Victim.. Exercise Your 2nd Amendment Rights...Own A Gun, Learn To Use It....Be Responsible..Save Lives
The Bad Guys Are "Bad Guys"
marker (mark®) 52 months ago | reply
great capture.
i work on lafayette and i knew it was a shooting but i didn't read anything else about it on the news.
prettyshakedown 52 months ago | reply
how long ago was this taken? i think i saw this accident
jcn 52 months ago | reply
This photo was taken on Feb 16, 2009, around 5:30am. And I'm pretty sure that he was shot on purpose.
prettyshakedown 52 months ago | reply
ahh i thought it was a car accident. i have some photos from about 3 years ago when i saw two people get hit by a car that look very similar.
connerdowney 52 months ago | reply
Woah. I came across this on kottke.org or whatever and realized that in one of my rare visits to NYC I walked by the other end of this street that was roped off. Weird.