Subscribe Today!
Networked Blogs
Jul
13
Gary Air Show 2010
Filed Under Air Force, air show, Gary Air Show, Gary Chicago Airport, Gary Indiana | Comments Off
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds fly over Portage’s Lakefront Park during the 2010 Gary South Shore Air Show.
Mar
6
8 shot in Gary. Social media breaks story.
Filed Under crime, Facebook, Gary Indiana, Gary Police, social networking, Twitter | 9 Comments
Northwest Indiana social media reports about a shooting at a Gary skating rink on Friday beat the traditional news media to the story.
Local Twitter user Gioperation asks the local newspaper about reports that were circulating on Facebook and Twitter that eight children were shot at a Gary, Indiana skating rink about 10 a.m. Saturday morning:
@nwi any truth to the 8 kids shot last night at the Gary skating rink- couldn’t find it in your newspaper online.
A search of the local newspapers in Northwest Indiana and Chicago Breaking News on Saturday morning showed no reports of the Friday evening shooting.
Writes Gioperation about not finding the news of the skating rink shooting this morning:
@Chris_Hedges do you know why there is not reports of the shooting last night at the skate rink in Gary last night- buzzing on FB!
Gioperation in a response to one of my questions said that he had first heard of the Gary skating rink shootings via Facebook:
@Chris_Hedges Here is the one that started it all – http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=feed&story_fbid=361015320488&id=1207179871
About 5 p.m. this evening, the Northwest Indiana Times reports the Gary, Indiana skating rink shooting incident via the Associated Press.
Authorities say eight teenage boys were shot while leaving a Gary skating rink where they were attending a concert.
The AP report about the 8 teens shot at the skating rink originated at the Post-Tribune sometime today:
Gary Police Cpl. Gabrielle King said Saturday “all chaos broke loose” when a fight broke out during the event and security advised attendees to leave Skate World, 4415 W. 5th Ave. in the Commons shopping center.
King said no arrests have been made. …
Police identified the wounded as: Shaquille Hughes, 15, shot in right side; Marcus Ratliff,14, shot in right wrist; Justin Bodley, 16, shot in the leg; Junan Washington, 18, shot in left ankle; DaVonte Biddings, 16, shot once in back; Marquel Croock, 16, shot in stomach; Kesean Philon, 14, shot in left leg; Stephan Danzy, 17, shot in left leg.
