Shooting

Man shot at after responding to Craigslist ad:

Again here’s another story showing the perils of using the erotic services section of craigslist.

A 37-year-old guy from Concord, California ordered a hooker off of craigslist.

After she got there the guy put $100 on the table, because some people seem to think that if the money doesn’t actually change hands there’s no crime.

Anyway she asks for a glass of water and when he goes to get it she grabs the $100 and tries to take off.

He grabs her, she screams, which causes a big man with a gun to show up.

The first guy pushes her out the door then two shots are fired through the door.

Luckily the man wasn’t injured except for in his wallet. This isn’t the first time either that I’ve posted a story about a guy who was shot at through the door. Let us not forget about the guy in Minnesota who was shot in the face after trying to cancel his hooker order.

Victim sues Craigslist, says shooter got gun through site:

50-year-old Calvin Gibson of New York was shot by local resident lunatic, Jesus Ortiz, back in July. Luckily Mr. Gibson survived even though he was shot six times.

Ortiz, who suffers from schizophrenia, confessed to police that he purchased the gun on craigslist. I’m going to assume that this was not what you would call a ‘legal’ purchase.

So now Mr. Gibson is suing craigslist for $10 Million.

“Defendant owed a duty to the public at large to monitor and supervise what may be bought and sold and by whom, with respect to its Internet ads,” attorney Paul Dalnoky wrote in the lawsuit filed in Manhattan Federal Court.

Wait a minute. According to craigslist their users flag ads for illegal sales and that it’s a bastion of users with good moral character. It was hard to type that without busting out into fits of laughter.

craigslist had their usual response…

Craiglist did not respond to a request for comment.

Quelle surprise.

ONLINE DATE WITH DEATH:

Over at MyCrimeSpace there’s a running joke that the hot girl on MySpace doesn’t really want you. Over there I’ve posted more than a few stories abiut guys who go to meet hot girls that they met on MySpace only to be robbed. It seems that rule now applies to craigslist too.

24-year-old Daniel Brandtof New York City went to a Coney Island apartment to meet what he thought was going to be a woman he met on craigslist. Instead Brandt was shot in the head and two men ran off. Brandt later died at the hospital.

Police say they know who the suspects are and are awaiting search warrants.

Thanks to Gothamist.

Gang members wanted for Craigslist ad assault arrested:
Last week I posted about gang members Tuan Q. Vuu and Keith E. Brakes who were wanted for the shooting, stabbing, and robbery of an Olympia, Wash. craigslist seller. Last I heard they were still on the run. That much has changed. Vuu and Brakes were picked up police sometime last week.

The attack might have been a “setup” — a retaliation by members of the True Brothers, or “Tin Bahn,” gang in Olympia who thought the victim had robbed their friends in Tacoma, police said.

Police also believe 16-year-old Jimmy Trac who was already in police custody was the getaway driver.

Police: Stripper-Involved Death Was Self-Defense:
So these two guys in Orlando get a “stripper” from craigslist except the stripper was there for more than stripping. According to the article she was scoping out the house for her partner in crime to rob. Her partner showed up at the house with a gun in order to rob it. However the gunman didn’t think his cunning plan all the way through because one of the guys from the house had his own gun. The guy opened fire killing the suspect.

No matter which side of craigslist you’re doing business on you may get more than you bargained for. In this case I’m sure the criminals didn’t bargain on death.

Thanks to Brian for the link.