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Friday, September 16, 2011
Relatives of tiny Staten Island shooting victim Samyah Bailey confront alleged gunman in court
Damark King, 19, of Port Richmond, was ordered held without bail, accused of pumping his 9mm into the crowded courtyard of the Arlington Terrace Apartments in Mariners Harbor yesterday, striking little Samyah Bailey in the face.
King, of the 150 block of Nicholas Avenue — a parolee, after a March, 2007 conviction of first-degree robbery — had a history of feuds, bitterness and entangled romance with Samyah’s family members, family said.
After he and a friend had gotten into a physical fight with Samyah’s uncle and father earlier in the afternoon, King returned to the apartment courtyard full of bloodlust, with a loaded weapon in his hand, family said.
Eighteen-month-old Samyah had her eye removed by doctors at Richmond University Medical Center, during one of what will likely be many operations, as a result of the violence. If the bullet’s path had been any different, the outcome might not have been as hopeful.
"She is laughing and playing and moving around and smiling," said her grandmother, Thomasina Bailey, who came to the courtroom from the West Brighton hospital, where she had sat vigil all night. "I thank the Lord. She’s a fighter. She made it."
Samyah was struck while sitting in her stroller the day after her mother and her father had been engaged to be married. Her 5-year-old sister, Jada Mahoney, still has not been told about how badly Samyah was hurt, family said.
"Everybody just ran," said Samyah’s uncle, Christian Bailey, who, along with her grandfather and other family members started to rush the tot to the hospital in their own car, before a passing police car got an ambulance for her. "We had to keep her awake, and get her to make noise."
He said everybody fled the courtyard for cover, when gunshots started to ricochet, he recalled. After the crowd cleared, they looked back to see Samyah, blood-covered, and strapped in her stroller.
Her father, Michael Bailey, had run home to change his blood-stained clothes before heading to the hospital, when police apprehended him on a previous warrant. Family said the person who had initiated the charges was planning on dropping them and that he would be released.
In another twist, police searching for the suspects arrived at a home on Christopher Street in Mariners Harbor. During their search for the men, law enforcement were said by a source to have discovered a stash of weapons hidden there. No connection has been drawn between the incident and what was reported to be a cache of weapons in the home, and no charges have been filed, according to a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
King meanwhile faces single felony counts of first-degree assault and first-degree reckless endangerment, along with two felony counts of criminal weapon possession, said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
The assault charge carries a maximum penalty of up to 25 years in prison.
Rapper Jim Jones Warns That There’s Going To Be “A LOT Of Drama” and chrissy gets in a fight On Love & Hip Hop‘s Second Season
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“Shout out to Chrissy!” Jim Jones said as soon as MTV’s Sway brought up Love & Hip Hip during an interview yesterday. Jones was hanging out at MTV for the one-year anniversary of RapFix and talked about the reality show that features him and his fiancee Chrissy Lampkin, and which is currently filming its second season.
“Getting into it, I didn’t really know what I’d get out of it or how it’d make me look,” Jones said. “It’s something they’ve been trying to do with me for like five years and we finally got it down to a science where I could be a part of it and not necessarily make it feel like it’s my show directly. First season I was a little skeptic, I watched it like everybody else, fell in love with it.” Check out the clip above for all of Jones’ thoughts on the drama and rumors (wink!) surrounding the new season, including talk of fighting on the set.
After the jump, check out another clip from the RapFix anniversary show featuring Jones and freestyler Consequence, who performs a rap with a shout out to Basketball Wives. (That one begins around the 8:20 mark.)
Thursday, September 15, 2011
pictures of the guy who shot the lil baby in staten island
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