A man was shot and killed Monday afternoon while walking in New York City’s Midtown area, a popular tourist hotspot during the busy holiday season, according to police.
Brandon Lincoln Woodward, 31, of Los Angeles, was shot once in the back of the head at close range, according to Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne….”The shooter didn’t take anything from him,” Browne said, and there is “no indication of what the shooting was over.”
Police are still seeking the gunman.
He was shot just to be shot, it appears, or maybe for some other motive, unknown. Either way this is one of those beasts that walks among us. New York’s gun laws means that the good people walking the streets are unarmed…but the monster had a gun.
This is the Utopia the Anti-Rights fans dream for us. Not on my watch!
**UPDATE** More on the victim here, he was a law student, but he had pending charges for robbery, violence, and drug possession, and was known to hang with “shady characters”. He lived in LA, but had flown to NYC just for a day to “Visit a Friend”. Maybe I’m reading between the lines, but this sounds like a hit.
