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Police Kill Groom on Wedding Day; Two Others Shot
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Jen Chung
Published Nov 25, 2006
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Published Nov 25, 2006
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Early this morning, the police shot three men who had left a Queens strip club. One man, Sean Bell, a groom who was celebrating at his bachelor party, was killed, while his friends Trent Benefeld and Joseph Guzman were shot multiple times. It's unclear what transpired to cause the police to shoot at the men, but the men's families and community members, including the Revend Al Sharpton, are demanding answers, as Guzman had 17 wounds and Benefeld was shot three times. Sharpton said Guzman and Benefeld were handcuffed to their hospital beds and added, "This stinks. Something about the story being told did not seem right."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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