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Opus 22 Shooting (pg. 2)
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| knittybone |
Someone that graduated from U of Del with me was killed the other night in Chelsea (WHAT THE IS UP WITH CHELSEA???):
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/st...0p-354715c.html
Slay weapon is found
Steel bar used to beat grad turns up near Chelsea club
BY DORIAN BLOCK
and ALISON GENDAR
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Cops have the bloody steel bar used to fatally beat a recent college grad outside a Chelsea nightclub early Sunday morning, police sources said yesterday.
Thomas Whitney, 24, had been out drinking with four or five college buddies at the Spy Club on W. 19th St.
Spy Club staff snapped a photo of the University of Delaware graduate not long before he died - a smile on his face, a drink in one hand, his other arm draped around a friend, club staff said.
But sometime before 4 a.m., Whitney left the club alone. That was the last time he was seen alive.
His beaten body was found on the sidewalk at about 4 a.m. on 19th St. at Sixth Ave., not far from the club. His skull had been smashed, according to an autopsy report, and he died some 13 hours later at Bellevue Hospital. Police sources said he never regained consciousness.
Cops recovered what they believe was the murder weapon: a blood-spattered piece of metal, possibly pulled from a nearby scaffolding, police sources said.
"Whoever hit him, hit him hard," a police source said. "Whatever happened, happened outside. It could be a robbery. He didn't have much ID on him. It could be a fight and whoever hit him didn't realize how hard a blow it was."
Whitney, who grew up in Howell, N.J., and graduated in 1999 from Monsignor Donovan High School in nearby Toms River, N.J., had been partying with his buddies Saturday night into Sunday morning.
As the night wore on, most of Whitney's friends trickled out. He was among the last to leave.
The Spy Club owner was interviewed yesterday and was cooperating with the investigation, sources said. The club turned over photos taken inside the bar.
But so far, security video taken outside the club has not yielded helpful clues, sources said.
Friends said Whitney, who got a finance job with Prudential after graduating from the University of Delaware in 2004, sometimes got loud when drinking.
He had been arrested Oct. 28, 2005, after head-butting another man in a midnight scrape on Second Ave., near 42nd St.
Whitney pleaded guilty to harassment and was sentenced to three days' community service.
His parents, Thomas and Kathleen, and younger sister were devastated by his death and declined to comment.
Mike Keating, 24, who had shared a Hoboken, N.J., apartment with Whitney since September, said the last time he saw him was Friday before Keating left for a weekend at the Jersey Shore.
With Nicole Bode and Barbara Ross
Originally published on May 23, 2006 |
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| partyhopper |
giving new meaning to "clubbing"
all kidding aside, that is quite sad |
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| tiesto14 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frequency Mike
WTF?! i feel bad for the poor owner... people will prob stop going there |
screw the owner...i feel bad for the kid who died with a bullet in his chest and his family.:rolleyes: |
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| Scoops |
| The Owner is good friends wit Christian Cambas. I was really hoping Cambas would come back to play there |
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| pyro264jb |
| quote: | Originally posted by tiesto14
screw the owner...i feel bad for the kid who died with a bullet in his chest and his family.:rolleyes: |
^ yap |
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| ProggieGuy |
Tyler, do you know who that was? The name sounds familiar but I can't picture who it is. |
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| knittybone |
| quote: | Originally posted by ProggieGuy
Tyler, do you know who that was? The name sounds familiar but I can't picture who it is. |
He was a year younger than you in Phi Tau. Honestly didnt know him. |
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| Piet |
| i have seen the hip-hop parties opus22 rents out to and they didn't seem that bad, bouncer there was rude though glad i didnt tell him to off |
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| mcb001982 |
| quote: | Originally posted by euphoria
Will bulletproof vests be the new stylist clubbing accesory ? :conf: |
:crazy: all this crasiness, and this is all happening just a few blocks from me.........heh nothing is safe anymore |
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| tiesto14 |
| Turns out this bouncer might be involved in 3 other fatal shootings....today on the news they said there was an investigation on whether or not he killed 3 other people before this night. I guess they can tie his gun to other shootings....scary . |
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| Big blue |
I hate to sound morbid, but it was bound to happen. I'm not even surprised. Did anyone catch that documentary on bouncing, wit that JUIZE HEAD from brooklyn. really funny and a little unnerving. They're total fukin gorillaz Bouncers have been slip-sliding the boundary ever since i began clubbing in 96. I am surprised it doesn't happen more. I think they should regulate them like they do in london.
PS Fighting Chikens!!! 96-00 |
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| VisionsofPVD |
| This incident is damn unfortunate. I was there a few weeks ago, talking to the manager about setting up a weekly EM event at Opus22. He had made a comment to me about how he wished he could get rid of the hip-hop parties bc they simply bring in too much trouble, but generated more money than EM events. This sucks, and I wont be surprised if other smaller venues in the Chelsea district begin to get some pressure from local community groups. |
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