4 Suspects Captured In Deadly Short Hills Mall Shooting

[KinMd]

Source: CBS2 New York

RVINGTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Police and federal authorities captured four suspects overnight in the shooting that killed a Hoboken attorney at the Short Hills Mall last weekend.

At a news conference Saturday morning, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said Hanif Thompson, 29, of Irvington; Karif Ford, 31, of Newark; Basim Henry, 32, of Newark; and Kevin Roberts, 33, of Newark, had all been charged in the Sunday attack.

Read more: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/12/21/4-suspects-captured-in-deadly-short-hills-mall-shooting/

[secondvariety]

1. Glad they were caught.

If convicted, let the punishment fit the crime.

[840high]

2. Good.

[rocktivity]

3. The victim was an attorney?

Who was carjacked on the third floor of a parking garage of a shopping mall during the holiday shopping season by FOUR people? Was it actually a "hit?"


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[VWolf]

19. Doubt it - he was a patent attorney n/t

[redwitch]

4. Don't read the comments afterward.

As it is Christmastime and you don't want to fill your heart with hate.

[Nye Bevan]

5. These thugs should never again see the light of day (nt)

[7962]

6. Sadly there's no shortage of these stories. Scumbags. nt

[Stainless]

7. Very Disturbing Language is Allowed

In the comments section at the link provided. The amount of hatred and racist language that is allowed by the "Disqus" software indicates that there is no moderating at all. My local paper also uses "Disqus" on their website but it is closely monitored and censored, almost to the point of being ridiculous.

I am glad they caught those responsible for the senseless killing at the New Jersey Mall, but the racism, bigotry and hatred that is expressed is very unnerving.

[Nye Bevan]

8. What I don't get is, some of the comments say "this comment is awaiting moderation",

which suggests that the comments are moderated. But then some of the other comments are horribly racist epithets, and these presumably met with the moderators' approval. I don't get it.

[petronius]

11. I don't think the moderation is manual on every post - the ones that are

"awaiting" are those that were picked up by an automatic filter, the nasty ones there are those that got past the filter (because they didn't use words that triggered the moderation). I imagine there's still a way to send those posts to moderation - an alert button, or a high ratio of down-votes, perhaps.

Bunch of nasty racists there, though...

[secondvariety]

9. I'd like to believe

that it's the same small group of neo-nazi trolls that spend their days cruising the internet looking for stories to comment on. I'd like to believe it, but who knows?

[LittleGirl]

10. I don't believe they are trolls

I think they are PAID.

[jessie04]

12. One wonders why these guys did such a terrible thing.

Terrible.

[rocktivity]

13. I'm wondering why they did it in such a terribly dumb way.

Friedland and his wife were leaving The Mall at Short Hills Sunday night when they were confronted by two armed men as they were getting into their Range Rover on the third-floor parking deck, prosecutors said...

It appeared he was protecting his wife because she was already in their luxury Range Rover SUV when the gun was put to his head. Friedland’s Range Rover was seen speeding away on surveillance cameras, along with the Chevrolet Suburban the suspects drove to the mall...

This is a primer on how NOT to carjack: too many accomplices, too many getaway cars, too many victims (one female is considered ideal precisely because she's less likely to fight back); a too-convoluted getaway route. And given that the mall was probably more populated than usual last Sunday night due to the start of Christmas shopping season, it adds up to too many opportunities to be witnessed. Which is why it doesn't add up.


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[brentspeak]

14. Yes, because the most important aspect of this tragedy

is how the carjackers/killers managed to get themselves caught.



Did you read just what it was you posted?

[rocktivity]

15. Oh, I'm grateful that the carjackers were stupid enough to get themselves caught

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But they were SO stupid about it that I have to wonder if it was really meant to be a carjacking. And I certainly hope that it had nothing to do with victim being an attorney.


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[LisaL]

16. Maybe you should take a look at their criminal history.

That will answer your questions.

[geek tragedy]

18. Maybe these guys aren't terribly bright, just violent, nt

[Beacool]

17. I'm so glad that they caught the killers.

Dustin Friedland and his wife lived in my town, although I didn't know them personally. By all accounts, he was a nice guy. It's a very sad time for his wife and family. At least they'll have some closure and peace of mind knowing that his killers won't be able to hurt anyone again.

[freshwest]

20. Considering the victim, it seemed like this might be a targeted killing, but looks like a carjack.

How horrible for his wife to be right there when this happened.