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[[Image:Brooklyn Bridge by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|left|[[Brooklyn Bridge]]]]The '''Brooklyn Bridge Shooting''' |
[[Image:Brooklyn Bridge by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|left|[[Brooklyn Bridge]]]]The '''Brooklyn Bridge Shooting''' occurred [[March 1]] [[1994]]. A van carrying 15 members of [[Chabad-Lubavitch]] [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] students were traveling on the [[Brooklyn Bridge]]. Lebanese-born [[Rashid Baz]] used a Cobray machine gun to strafe the van, and a Glock 9-millimeter semi-automatic pistol to shoot at students. He also had a 12-gauge Streetsweeper shotgun in his trunk. |
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Four students were shot. The two most serious included [[Ari Halberstam]], a sixteen-year-old, who died four days from a shot to the head. The other student, also shot in the head, suffered permanent major speech impediments.<ref name=Barsky>Barsky, Yehudit. [http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nl/content3.asp?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=846739&ct=1044053 ''The Brooklyn Bridge Shooting: An Independent Report and Assessment'']. The [[American Jewish Committee]]. Nov. 2000. Accessed [[June 12]], [[2006]].</ref> |
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While under arrest, Baz confessed to the shootings and was subsequently convicted of second-degree murder. He was sentenced to 141 years in prison. Testimony by the Defendant as to the motive for the shooting was "[[Road rage (phenomenon)|road rage]]."{{Fact|date=September 2007}} The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] classified the shootings as "the crimes of a terrorist," because the religion of the van's passengers was apparent to Baz.{{Fact|date=September 2007}} |
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Baz pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.<ref> http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E3D7123CF935A35751C1A9669C8B63</ref> He was convicted of second degree murder and 14 additional counts of attempted murder in New York Supreme Court on December 1, 1994. He was sentenced to 141 years in prison. |
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The entrance ramp to the bridge on the Manhattan side was named the Ari Halberstam Memorial Ramp in memory of the victim.<ref>[http://www.arihalberstam.com/php/1.php#a Ari Halberstam Memorial Ramp]</ref> |
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Bassam Reyati, the owner of the car driven by Baz, was convicted of concealing evidence, and was sentenced to 5 years of probation and a $1,000 fine on October 16, 1996. Hilal Abd Al-Aziz Muhammad, owner of the car repair shop Baz used to hide the damage to his car, was convicted of concealing evidence and hindering prosecution. He was sentenced to five years of probation on May 17, 1995. |
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In 2000, U. S. District Attorney (Manhattan) Mary Jo White and the Federal Bureau of Investigation classified the attack as "the crimes of a terrorist." <ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E3D7123CF935A35751C1A9669C8B63</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:28, 1 November 2007
The Brooklyn Bridge Shooting occurred March 1 1994. A van carrying 15 members of Chabad-Lubavitch Orthodox Jewish students were traveling on the Brooklyn Bridge. Lebanese-born Rashid Baz used a Cobray machine gun to strafe the van, and a Glock 9-millimeter semi-automatic pistol to shoot at students. He also had a 12-gauge Streetsweeper shotgun in his trunk.
Four students were shot. The two most serious included Ari Halberstam, a sixteen-year-old, who died four days from a shot to the head. The other student, also shot in the head, suffered permanent major speech impediments.[1]
Baz pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.[2] He was convicted of second degree murder and 14 additional counts of attempted murder in New York Supreme Court on December 1, 1994. He was sentenced to 141 years in prison.
Bassam Reyati, the owner of the car driven by Baz, was convicted of concealing evidence, and was sentenced to 5 years of probation and a $1,000 fine on October 16, 1996. Hilal Abd Al-Aziz Muhammad, owner of the car repair shop Baz used to hide the damage to his car, was convicted of concealing evidence and hindering prosecution. He was sentenced to five years of probation on May 17, 1995.
In 2000, U. S. District Attorney (Manhattan) Mary Jo White and the Federal Bureau of Investigation classified the attack as "the crimes of a terrorist." [3]
References
- ^ Barsky, Yehudit. The Brooklyn Bridge Shooting: An Independent Report and Assessment. The American Jewish Committee. Nov. 2000. Accessed June 12, 2006.
- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E3D7123CF935A35751C1A9669C8B63
- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E3D7123CF935A35751C1A9669C8B63