Friday, September 30, 2011
Crime Shooting at Chinese Buddha in Midtown proves confusing
Posted by Gwynedd Stuart @gwynnstu on Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:13 PM
Read this AJC article about a shooting in Midtown. Then let's discuss ...
Atlanta police are looking for a rude gift-giver who allegedly shot a man for refusing to return part of the birthday present.Around 3:20 a.m., police were called to the Chinese Buddha restaurant at 100 10th Street when the shooting was reported.
The victim was celebrating his birthday with friends on the restaurant patio when the gunman pulled up in a black Nissan Altima and offered the victim $10 as a gift, police say.
The man returned shortly and asked for $4 back. When the birthday celebrant refused, the man went for a handgun. As the armed man returned to the patio, several party-goers tackled him. But the gun went off, hitting the birthday victim once in the abdomen, police said.
The birthday victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The gunman got in his car and drove away.
A few things ...
— $10 is a terrible birthday gift. Unless the giver of said gift is your grandma.
— If someone you suspect to be carrying a gun asks you for $4, g'head and give it to him. I can't even begin to wrap my head around why someone would give a person $10, leave, and then return a little while later to ask for some of that money back. Frankly, this story sounds made-up. I'm dubious. If it is true, how fun it'll be to find out what the $4 was for. Something really important, I bet.
— It's weird that Chinese Buddha is open at 3:20 a.m. Know what's more weird? They're actually open until 6 a.m., according to Yelp. Who eats Chinese food at 5 a.m.? Besides Chinese people.
— Society has really dragged its feet on coming up with a non-horrifyingly-racist term for people who give gifts then take them back.
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If the person just came out of Club Reign or Vanquish, I can see the MNA licking their lips already... Of course if they came from any other establishment in Midtown its just a random coincidence.
GTPD told the story differently...
"Incident Description: A group of eight individuals were in a verbal altercation in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station. One of the men displayed a handgun. Another man tried to wrestle the handgun away from him. Two shots were fired that struck a bystander standing outside of the Chinese Buddha Restaurant located at 100 Tenth Street. The man that tried to wrestle away the handgun from the shooter was struck with the handgun on his head.
Four suspects fled the area in a vehicle last seen traveling south on Spring Street."
It's just one step on the long trail to becoming a "World-Class" City.
The next step will be not having to drive into S.Cobb or Buford highway to get some decent hot and sour soup.
— It's weird that Chinese Buddha is open at 3:20 a.m.
I've eaten at Chineese Buddah many times and it's usually after 3 am
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