New Guinness World Record. Harlem man gets shot 21 times by police and lives.

[Long Duck Dong]

Police shoot 3 bystanders, 2 other cops, kill the victim, & hit the perp 21 times....who still manages to live.



http://www.smh.com.au/world/man-surv...810-11ukw.html






Man survives after being shot 21 times in gunfight
August 10, 2010 - 9:04AM


www.AstonBali.com
Shot 21 times ... Angel Alvarez.


He was shot 21 times after a gunfight in New York City on Sunday, but survived.

New York City police said Angel Alvarez, 23, was arguing with 22-year-old Luis Soto when he allegedly shot him and then turned his gun on five officers that arrived.

The police shot back and both Alvarez and Soto were showered with a hail of bullets - with 46 out of 50 from police.


Mr Soto was killed and six others were injured, including a police officer shot in the chest by one of his colleagues.

Mr Alvarez's miraculous survival was "a record", a forensic pathologist told the New York Daily News.

"I would say more than 20 gunshot wounds is a record," Dr Vincent DiMaio said.

"Of course, the real issue is where you get shot. One bullet can kill you, but believe it or not, a body can survive a lot of bullet wounds."

His sister told the Daily News Mr Alvarez was already talking in hospital and had bullet wounds in his arms, legs, abdomen and jaws.

Mr DiMaio was confident Mr Alvarez would survive since his vital organs were not hit and he did not bleed heavily.

"Listen, if you make it to the hospital and you can talk, 99 per cent of the time, you'll make it. He'll survive," he said, adding that the most gunshot wounds he had ever found in a man who survived was 17.

The shootout began about 3am during a block party in Harlem that ran hours past its scheduled end.

Police initially claimed Mr Alvarez shot dead Mr Soto before training his weapon at officers.

But medical examiner spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said on Monday Mr Soto was hit five times and died from a wound to the torso that pierced his organs.

Ms Borakove said a single bullet was recovered from Soto's body, with police saying it was consistent with bullets that came from the officers' guns.

The officer hit in the chest, Michael Tedeschi, was wearing a bullet-resistant vest. Another officer who was shot, Alfredo Vargas, was grazed in the hand.

Both are expected to be fine, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

Two other people were hospitalised for gunshot wounds but their conditions weren't available. Two other police officers were hurt, though not seriously.

Police cordoned off the area with yellow tape and residents on Sunday stopped to take a look before going on their way.

"Nothing like this has happened here in years. It's very unusual," said James White, a yoga instructor who lives in the area.

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21 times and no vital organs hit. Amazing.....

Put aside the story about the guy surviving 21 gunshots. How about the poor guy who gets shot by Alvarez, then falls in a hail of gunfire by the police. So we got 2 police officers shot by each other, the victim shot, and "two other people" shot, but the perp still lives?


Aim much?

[tpols]

Those cops are complete ass. They shot each other and killed the victim.

[sunsfan1357]

46 out of 50 cops firing on one person? Don't get me wrong, the dude deserved to be taken down but doesn't that seem excessive and increase the risk for other casualties?

*edit* I think I read it wrong maybe? I think it's supposed to mean 50 bullets were fired, which is still a shitload.

[PowerGlove]

Not believing this at all.

[LJJ]

46 out of 50 cops firing on one person? Don't get me wrong, the dude deserved to be taken down but doesn't that seem excessive and increase the risk for other casualties?

Epic sarcasm or epic retardation.


And not to state the obvious, but the dude should start a rap career.

[sunsfan1357]

Epic sarcasm or epic retardation

Edited as you posted, I definitely read it wrong.

[DonDadda59]

Move over 50 Cent, looks like we got ourselves the latest flavor of the month gimmick rapper

But seriously, what the f*ck is up with the NYPD? Every time they're involved in a shooting, it's always one guy (9/10 times unarmed) was shot at 40-50+ times

Are these guys not given the best weapons and crisis training? They always go batshit and bullet cluster f*ck ONE guy... this time they even killed a victim and shot eachother

[Long Duck Dong]

Not believing this at all.

Would you believe a New York Times link? The incident wasn't exactly front page news in NY. The Times doesn't like to glamorize minority on minority crime. But now that it was found out that the cops killed "the victim", it will start to get a lot more attention.

[Bano114]

He was definetly on pain killer.

[OneMoreSucka]

rofl you never hear about shit like this in the papers here

also

inb4 he puts out an album in a couple months

[Long Duck Dong]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/nyregion/10shoot.html

I was wrong. They shot THREE bystanders, 2 other cops and the victim.

[gts]

in related news 5 new york city police officers have been sent to the firing range and are not allowed to report back to duty until they can hit what their aiming at