Baby Shower goes bad: People shot, beaten, including expectant mother

Grimmlok · April 5th, 2006, 03:41 PM

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Breitbart - A baby shower erupted into a fight among guests in which one man was shot and several other people, including the seven-months-pregnant guest of honor, were beaten with a stick, police say.

Three people were arrested after the brawl, described by police as a "baby shower gone bad."

Police said the shooting victim, Aristotle Garcia, got into a fight with a man who is dating his ex-girlfriend. The argument, over whether the woman let their 5-year-old daughter drink beer, escalated and drew in two other people _ Jazz Rivas and Juan Velazquez, said Police Lt. Cheryl C. Claprood.

When the baby shower's hostess tried to intervene, Rivas began hitting some of the guests, including the 22-year-old mother-to-be, with a large stick, she said.

Velazquez fired a gun in the air, then fired it into the crowd, hitting Garcia in the stomach, according to police. Garcia, 26, was in stable condition at Baystate Medical Center. The mother-to-be was treated after the incident Saturday and released.

Velazquez, 19, was arrested Tuesday and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, armed assault with intent to murder. He had not yet been arraigned as of Wednesday morning.

The man Garcia was initially fighting with, Antonio Santiago, 25, pleaded innocent to similar charges on Tuesday and was ordered held in lieu of $50,000 bail.

Rivas, 22, pleaded innocent to three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault and battery on a pregnant female. His bail was set at $10,000.

UndercoverGator · April 5th, 2006, 03:44 PM

Good golly! Where did this Miss Manners nightmare occur? I knew I hated showers but this is ridiculous!

Grimmlok · April 5th, 2006, 03:58 PM

*brandishes a big stick at Katie Holmes*

Grimmlok · April 5th, 2006, 04:16 PM

One can be pregnant with delusions.

Aurora · April 5th, 2006, 04:35 PM

OMG! Shes a TANK! Well, the pillow rather, is a tank.

A*O · April 5th, 2006, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by UndercoverGator

Good golly! Where did this Miss Manners nightmare occur? I knew I hated showers but this is ridiculous!

You know you were ranting about those guys in the pickup who were tailgating you the other day??? Now you know where they were going!

deckchick · April 5th, 2006, 06:25 PM

Dang it Grim you really need to start putting a source link on your articles.

Was this in Trailer Park Heaven or Park Avenue?

AliceInWonderland · April 5th, 2006, 07:01 PM

after reading this; why am I not suprised...and I will leave it that~

MrsDark · April 6th, 2006, 02:22 AM

Yikes. And here I thought the pinnacle of pathetic trashiness had been reached (at least for a long time) with the drunked bride being hauled off to jail awhile back. Wrong.

buttmunch · April 6th, 2006, 05:14 AM

Ha...I thought of that story, too, MrsDark! A new low has been set, sad to say. Anyway, I have a new theory on Tomkat. Maybe she's having a phantom pregnancy, where she really believes she's pregnant and displays all the signs of being pregnant but actually, it's all in her head--conveniently inserted there during one of her many brainwashing sessions at the Scientology celeb center.

mklady · April 6th, 2006, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Frank_Rizzo

Um, I'd be pissed if somebody gave my 5 year old beer, but I'd stop short of beating a pregnant woman with a stick.

What if it's just a sip?

DeChayz · April 6th, 2006, 11:35 PM

I have no words