Bryant Park ‘shooter’ posted on Facebook about cops at his door
A 16-year-old alleged gang-banger from The Bronx was busted Sunday in the Bryant Park skating-rink double-shooting — which may have left a 14-year-old bystander paralyzed — after brazenly posting to Facebook his plans to bring a handgun to the hot spot Saturday.
“Bryant Park Looking To Litt Saterday Gotta Bring Da amp,” Corey Dunton wrote just after midnight Saturday, using the slang word “amp” to refer to a pistol.
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Posts from the Facebook page of alleged shooter Corey Dunton.Photo: Facebook
As he holed up in his mom’s apartment Sunday morning after the Saturday night shooting, Dunton — who cops think may be a member of the Bloods gang — also posted a series of status updates as cops pounded on his door to arrest him for the shooting that sources say was sparked by his desire for another victim’s $680 Marmot-brand coat.
“FEDS AT MY DOOR IM GOIN OUT WITH A BANG!!!!!!! TAKE MY SOUL” he posted around 8 a.m.
About an hour later, he wrote “LOVE ALL MY REAL N—AS ALL MY REAL SHORTYS FEDS TRIEN KICK DOWN MY DOOR ITS OVER WERE DO I GO FROM HEREEEEE MANNNNN DO I END MY LIFE IDK WAT TO DO I F–KED UP.
Corey Dunton
He also wrote: “THESE N—AS GUNNA HAVE TO TAKE ME OUT TAKE MY LIFE THESE N—AS BEEN BANGIN FOR LIKE A F–KIN HOUR I AINT GOIN TO JAIL I REATHER TAKE MY LIFE!!”
The teen meekly surrendered around 9 a.m. Sunday after cops spent about 45 minutes talking to him, a police source said. They were led to his mom’s home by a tipster, a source said.
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Corey DuntonPhoto: Facebook
Dunton’s Facebook page, which showed him wearing red, gang-style beads and holding his fingers in the shape of a gun, was removed later in the day.
Dunton was taken to the Midtown South precinct house, where charges were pending after he refused to answer questions and asked for a lawyer, a source said.
“He thinks he’s a gangster,” the source said.
“He think’s he’s a real tough guy.”
Police sources said Dunton has a violent history, including arrests for robbery and grand larceny.
The gunman fired three shots from a .22-caliber handgun, a source said.
The shooting, around 11 p.m., sparked mayhem as skaters scrambled from the ice and struggled to remove their skates and run away.
Cops said Adonis Mera, 14, of Manhattan, was an innocent bystander who got shot in the back when a gunman opened fire on Javier Contreras, 20, of The Bronx.
Mera’s older brother, Jorge Arias, 29, said early Sunday morning that doctors had told family members that the boy “has no feelings from the waist down.”
Adonis Mera
A source said that Contreras and Dunton know each other, and that the shooting occurred after they argued in the rink’s locker area over Contreras’ $700 Marmot parka, which is known as a “Biggie.”
Dan Biederman, executive director of the non-profit, Bryant Park Corp. — which runs the formerly problem-plagued park under a no-cost agreement with the city — called the shooting an “isolated incident” that marked the first violent crime there in more than two decades.
Biederman said 22 security personnel — including an NYPD cop — were on duty at the time of the shooting, and that about five more cops were stationed there there when the park re-opened Sunday and drew a mormal-sized crowd.
“I don’t know if upping the security would have prevented this, so what we’re thinking of instead is should we make changes to hours or admissions policy but we’ve got to talk to the Police Department before we conclude anything like that,” he said.
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Adonis Mera
Australian tourist Chris Dower, 63, said he heard about the shooting as he got off a plane Saturday night but said he was at the crowded park because “life has to go on.”
“It’s pretty distressing,” Dower said.
“But if you stop living because of some silly act then we wouldn’t do anything. And obviously the people here agree becuse they’re all here.”
“It’s like a lot of things in life. If you’re at the wrong place at the wrong time, some bad things can happen,” he added.
A 16-year-old alleged gang-banger from The Bronx was busted Sunday in the Bryant Park skating-rink double-shooting — which may have left a 14-year-old bystander paralyzed — after brazenly posting to Facebook his plans to bring a handgun to the hot spot Saturday.
“Bryant Park Looking To Litt Saterday Gotta Bring Da amp,” Corey Dunton wrote just after midnight Saturday, using the slang word “amp” to refer to a pistol.
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Posts from the Facebook page of alleged shooter Corey Dunton.Photo: Facebook
As he holed up in his mom’s apartment Sunday morning after the Saturday night shooting, Dunton — who cops think may be a member of the Bloods gang — also posted a series of status updates as cops pounded on his door to arrest him for the shooting that sources say was sparked by his desire for another victim’s $680 Marmot-brand coat.
“FEDS AT MY DOOR IM GOIN OUT WITH A BANG!!!!!!! TAKE MY SOUL” he posted around 8 a.m.
About an hour later, he wrote “LOVE ALL MY REAL N—AS ALL MY REAL SHORTYS FEDS TRIEN KICK DOWN MY DOOR ITS OVER WERE DO I GO FROM HEREEEEE MANNNNN DO I END MY LIFE IDK WAT TO DO I F–KED UP.
Corey Dunton
He also wrote: “THESE N—AS GUNNA HAVE TO TAKE ME OUT TAKE MY LIFE THESE N—AS BEEN BANGIN FOR LIKE A F–KIN HOUR I AINT GOIN TO JAIL I REATHER TAKE MY LIFE!!”
The teen meekly surrendered around 9 a.m. Sunday after cops spent about 45 minutes talking to him, a police source said. They were led to his mom’s home by a tipster, a source said.
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Corey DuntonPhoto: Facebook
Dunton’s Facebook page, which showed him wearing red, gang-style beads and holding his fingers in the shape of a gun, was removed later in the day.
Dunton was taken to the Midtown South precinct house, where charges were pending after he refused to answer questions and asked for a lawyer, a source said.
“He thinks he’s a gangster,” the source said.
“He think’s he’s a real tough guy.”
Police sources said Dunton has a violent history, including arrests for robbery and grand larceny.
The shocking violence at the park’s popular “Winter Village” injured two victims, including a teen who was skating on the ice when the gunfire erupted and may be paralyzed from the waist down.
The gunman fired three shots from a .22-caliber handgun, a source said.
The shooting, around 11 p.m., sparked mayhem as skaters scrambled from the ice and struggled to remove their skates and run away.
Cops said Adonis Mera, 14, of Manhattan, was an innocent bystander who got shot in the back when a gunman opened fire on Javier Contreras, 20, of The Bronx.
Mera’s older brother, Jorge Arias, 29, said early Sunday morning that doctors had told family members that the boy “has no feelings from the waist down.”
Contreras — who was allegedly targeted over his $700 Marmot coat known as “the Biggie”— was hit in his hand and hip, cops said. Both victims are being treated at Bellevue Hospital.
Adonis Mera
A source said that Contreras and Dunton know each other, and that the shooting occurred after they argued in the rink’s locker area over Contreras’ $700 Marmot parka, which is known as a “Biggie.”
Dan Biederman, executive director of the non-profit, Bryant Park Corp. — which runs the formerly problem-plagued park under a no-cost agreement with the city — called the shooting an “isolated incident” that marked the first violent crime there in more than two decades.
Biederman said 22 security personnel — including an NYPD cop — were on duty at the time of the shooting, and that about five more cops were stationed there there when the park re-opened Sunday and drew a mormal-sized crowd.
“I don’t know if upping the security would have prevented this, so what we’re thinking of instead is should we make changes to hours or admissions policy but we’ve got to talk to the Police Department before we conclude anything like that,” he said.
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Adonis Mera
Australian tourist Chris Dower, 63, said he heard about the shooting as he got off a plane Saturday night but said he was at the crowded park because “life has to go on.”
“It’s pretty distressing,” Dower said.
“But if you stop living because of some silly act then we wouldn’t do anything. And obviously the people here agree becuse they’re all here.”
“It’s like a lot of things in life. If you’re at the wrong place at the wrong time, some bad things can happen,” he added.
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