Sunday, 30 March 2008 'This looks like the wild, wild West, Elijah
Jefferson of Starett City was shot twice in the chest


Elijah Jefferson of Starett City was shot twice in the chest about 4:30
a.m. at Nostrand Ave. and Avenue D, a block from Cafe Omar, police said.
The Caribbean-themed club is in a building owned by Councilman Kendall
Stewart (D-Flatbush), according to city property records. The venue
was hosting a Elijah Jefferson of Starett City was shot twice in the
chest about 4:30 a.m. at Nostrand Ave. and Avenue D, a block from Cafe
Omar, police said. The Caribbean-themed club is in a building owned by
Councilman Kendall Stewart (D-Flatbush), according to city property
records. The venue was hosting a "Sexy Can I/Bright Colors" party
overnight. Witnesses said more than two dozen men and women, many of whom
appeared to be drunk, began arguing after they spilled out of the club.
"I was sleeping and the rowdiness woke me up," said Glynis Selman, 35,
a woman who lives in a second-floor apartment on the street. "They were
fighting and staggering." Selman said one of the men punched a woman,
knocking her to the ground. Then, just as Selman's worried husband
pulled her away from the window, two shots rang out. "When I saw the two
bodies on the ground, I called 911," said Selman, who saw the bleeding
man being cradled by his friend.  "He was holding his head and saying,
'Somebody call 911!'" Selman recalled.  "I said to my husband, 'This
looks like the wild, wild West.'"  As several bystanders fled, a man
who cops believe may have been the shooter was hit by a passing car,
sending him sprawling onto the street, police said. He got up and limped
into a white minivan, which then sped off.  Jefferson was taken to Kings
County Hospital, where he died about 30 minutes later, police said. No
arrests were made. Cops were searching for the shooter and the white
minivan yesterday. Investigators were not certain what ignited the fight.
Calls to Stewart's offices were not returned yesterday. He was traveling
in the Dominican Republic on political business. Stewart, who was elected
to the City Council in November 2001, was subpoenaed earlier this year
in a federal probe of charities linked to one of his top aides. He
said he was not linked to the probe and has not been charged with a
crime. Witnesses said more than two dozen men and women, many of whom
appeared to be drunk, began arguing after they spilled out of the club.
"I was sleeping and the rowdiness woke me up," said Glynis Selman, 35,
a woman who lives in a second-floor apartment on the street. "They were
fighting and staggering." Selman said one of the men punched a woman,
knocking her to the ground. Then, just as Selman's worried husband
pulled her away from the window, two shots rang out. "When I saw the two
bodies on the ground, I called 911," said Selman, who saw the bleeding
man being cradled by his friend. "He was holding his head and saying,
'Somebody call 911!'" Selman recalled.  "I said to my husband, 'This
looks like the wild, wild West.'"  As several bystanders fled, a man
who cops believe may have been the shooter was hit by a passing car,
sending him sprawling onto the street, police said. He got up and limped
into a white minivan, which then sped off.  Jefferson was taken to Kings
County Hospital, where he died about 30 minutes later, police said. No
arrests were made. Cops were searching for the shooter and the white
minivan yesterday. Investigators were not certain what ignited the fight.
Calls to Stewart's offices were not returned yesterday. He was traveling
in the Dominican Republic on political business.  Stewart, who was elected
to the City Council in November 2001, was subpoenaed earlier this year
in a federal probe of charities linked to one of his top aides. He said
he was not linked to the probe and has not been charged with a crime.