Sunday, October 26, 2008

Four men 'slashed' outside Saw V movie in Times Square

Seriously people?? In Times Square outside a theater showing "Saw V," four young men were stabbed or slashed.

Dozens of anxious moviegoers packed the AMC Empire 25 on famed 42nd St. on the opening night of the horror movie, which was showing every 30 minutes on seven screens.

Tension built after swarms of teens and young adults were trying to exit and enter theaters, including disappointed groups who couldn't get into sold-out shows.

"It seemed like hundreds of kids, roaming around in packs, screaming, yelling, running through the streets like wild animals," said Greg Wolf of Manhattan.

Joseph Carmona, 25, was stabbed in the neck and rushed to Bellevue, where hospital officials said he was in critical. Jorge Borges and Sam Noel, both 22, were also slashed in the neck and at Bellevue, cops said. A hospital spokeswoman reported Borges also in critical but had no record of Noel, who cops said was stable. The fighting spread all the way to W. 39th St., where emergency workers found Josiah Batiste with a slashed neck.

Four men were arrested in the brawl. George Lawrence, 21, of Queens and Shalik Jenkins, 18, of the Bronx were charged with second-degree assault. Lawrence's mother said her son is no troublemaker. "He was probably in a position where he had to defend himself," said Valerie Bridgers, 38. "He was probably fighting for his life."

Come on people...get it together. This is way too ridiculous.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm surprised people are even going to see this movie. It's the same thing as the first one.