Pistol-Packing Cyclist Opens Fire on Car
11-27-04, 07:28 PM
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Shocking story. Things are really getting crazy out there. (I guess this answers the thread "Does anyone carry a gun?")
https://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...icyclist27.DTL
Bicyclist opens fire, killing one and injuring another
Saturday, November 27, 2004
One man is dead and a woman injured after a bicyclist fired gunshots into the victims' vehicle Friday evening in East Palo Alto.
Around 6:50 p.m. officers at an East Palo Alto police station heard a vehicle honking repeatedly, according to police, and located it on the side of the police station.
Police found the female driver and her male front-seat passenger suffering from gunshot wounds. A woman in the back seat was not injured.
Firefighters were called to the scene to treat the gunshot victims, report police. The passenger, a 42-year-old Palo Alto man, was pronounced dead at the scene, reported police.
The driver, a 32-year-old woman from Palo Alto was taken to the hospital for minor injuries, according to police.
She and the uninjured back seat passenger, a 27-year-old San Mateo woman, told officers that a man on a bicycle opened fire as they drove past two men on bikes on Palo Verde Avenue at Bay Road.
The women, who reportedly came close to colliding with one of the bicyclists, did not know why the cyclist fired at them, police report.
There was no further description of the suspect.
The injured driver should be released from the hospital in a day or two, say police.
Saturday, November 27, 2004
One man is dead and a woman injured after a bicyclist fired gunshots into the victims' vehicle Friday evening in East Palo Alto.
Around 6:50 p.m. officers at an East Palo Alto police station heard a vehicle honking repeatedly, according to police, and located it on the side of the police station.
Police found the female driver and her male front-seat passenger suffering from gunshot wounds. A woman in the back seat was not injured.
Firefighters were called to the scene to treat the gunshot victims, report police. The passenger, a 42-year-old Palo Alto man, was pronounced dead at the scene, reported police.
The driver, a 32-year-old woman from Palo Alto was taken to the hospital for minor injuries, according to police.
She and the uninjured back seat passenger, a 27-year-old San Mateo woman, told officers that a man on a bicycle opened fire as they drove past two men on bikes on Palo Verde Avenue at Bay Road.
The women, who reportedly came close to colliding with one of the bicyclists, did not know why the cyclist fired at them, police report.
There was no further description of the suspect.
The injured driver should be released from the hospital in a day or two, say police.
11-27-04, 07:57 PM
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East Palo Alto does not have many of what we would usually call "cyclists" riding through. They probably buzzed some locals on bikes, who were gang members, and got shot for it.
11-27-04, 07:58 PM
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"The women, who reportedly came close to colliding with one of the bicyclists, did not know why the cyclist fired at them, police report."
Gee... could this woman be dumber than a sack of door knobs?
That said, I think there's more to this story than what she's telling us.
Gee... could this woman be dumber than a sack of door knobs?
That said, I think there's more to this story than what she's telling us.
11-27-04, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by slvoid
"The women, who reportedly came close to colliding with one of the bicyclists, did not know why the cyclist fired at them, police report."
Gee... could this woman be dumber than a sack of door knobs?
That said, I think there's more to this story than what she's telling us.
Gee... could this woman be dumber than a sack of door knobs?
That said, I think there's more to this story than what she's telling us.
11-27-04, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Dchiefransom
I would be surprised if we found out that less than half of the people in East Palo Alto were packing.
11-27-04, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by slvoid
"The women, who reportedly came close to colliding with one of the bicyclists, did not know why the cyclist fired at them, police report."
Gee... could this woman be dumber than a sack of door knobs?
That said, I think there's more to this story than what she's telling us.
Gee... could this woman be dumber than a sack of door knobs?
That said, I think there's more to this story than what she's telling us.
You got that right....
But were they 'cyclists'? or just crack dealers on bikes.
11-28-04, 12:08 AM
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You got that right....
But were they 'cyclists'? or just crack dealers on bikes.
But were they 'cyclists'? or just crack dealers on bikes.
11-28-04, 08:19 AM
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alas the media only gives us half the story. Hence the uninformed are left to assume that they were your run-of-the-mill recreational cyclist who happened to be out for blood.... riiiight.
11-28-04, 08:49 AM
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um, hellooooo! any of you ever been to east palo alto? e.p.a. is the 'hood'. this story probably refers to a ghetto thug who happened to be on a bike. i don't think this has anytning to do with cycling advocacy. i think this thread should be moved to the inner city projects, gang, and crack dealing forum.
11-29-04, 03:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Trab
Shocking story. Things are really getting crazy out there. (I guess this answers the thread "Does anyone carry a gun?")
https://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...icyclist27.DTL
https://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...icyclist27.DTL
11-29-04, 04:32 AM
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It is possible that regular cyclists might be passing through parts of East Palo Alto. Afterall, it's right next to the Dumbarton which many cyclists take to get to the East Bay. That said, I agree that a shooting in East Palo Alto is probably more gang-related than anything else.
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11-29-04, 07:57 AM
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I see nothing has changed since I was a police officer for the City Of Palo Alto. East Palo Alto was always a crime zoo, but fortunately (at least then), it was not part of the city and the Sheriff's Dept. got the pleasure of cleaning up the mess every night.
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Hey, a pistol-packing crack dealer on a bike is still a cyclist. He's on a bike, ain't he?
11-29-04, 10:50 AM
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Methinks there is a big difference between a cyclist and someone riding a bicycle!
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Originally Posted by Chris516
I don't carry a gun. I carry my voice. When I come across an idiot driver, I chase them down and, 'verbally' give them a piece of my mind. That may sound stupid but, when I do it, the offending driver knows, not to do it again.
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Originally Posted by Karldar
I can understand where you're comin' from, but I think a lot more motorists are packin' heat than cyclists. Hope your confrontations remain 'verbal'....
We had a biker/car confrontation a couple of years ago. Pickup driver pulled out his gun and shot the bicycler dead.
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People are stupid. Why does it make it right for anyone "road raging" to shoot and kill someone--on either side, bike, or vehicle? What happened to communication? Yelling, for instance.
The human race has sure taken a bad turn. When people think that violent death is the way to get the point across that "you cut me off."
The human race has sure taken a bad turn. When people think that violent death is the way to get the point across that "you cut me off."
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Originally Posted by coney
People are stupid. Why does it make it right for anyone "road raging" to shoot and kill someone--on either side, bike, or vehicle? What happened to communication? Yelling, for instance.
The human race has sure taken a bad turn. When people think that violent death is the way to get the point across that "you cut me off."
The human race has sure taken a bad turn. When people think that violent death is the way to get the point across that "you cut me off."
I doubt that this was truly a 'road rage' incident, but probably a drug deal gone bad.
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Originally Posted by scarry
I doubt that this was truly a 'road rage' incident, but probably a drug deal gone bad.
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Originally Posted by andygates
Hey, a pistol-packing crack dealer on a bike is still a cyclist. He's on a bike, ain't he?
11-29-04, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by coney
People are stupid. Why does it make it right for anyone "road raging" to shoot and kill someone--on either side, bike, or vehicle? What happened to communication? Yelling, for instance.
The human race has sure taken a bad turn. When people think that violent death is the way to get the point across that "you cut me off."
The human race has sure taken a bad turn. When people think that violent death is the way to get the point across that "you cut me off."
I think there's a driver that I gotta go liberate from that automobile...
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Originally Posted by scarry
I doubt that this was truly a 'road rage' incident, but probably a drug deal gone bad.
"All I's wanted was two vials of crack and these mofos be shootin at us."
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Originally Posted by skydive69
Methinks there is a big difference between a cyclist and someone riding a bicycle!
11-29-04, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by khuon
It is possible that regular cyclists might be passing through parts of East Palo Alto. Afterall, it's right next to the Dumbarton which many cyclists take to get to the East Bay. That said, I agree that a shooting in East Palo Alto is probably more gang-related than anything else.