Bernhard Goetz shoots four youths on the subway
Bernhard Goetz shoots four youths on the subway On this day in 1984, Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black men in the New York City Subway. 45 year old Goetz was approached by 4 young black men who asked him for $5. Three of the men recovered but one of them was paralyzed. After the shooting, Goetz fled the scene and turned him self in a few days later in New Hampshire. In 1987, Goetz was cleared of murder and assault charges, but he served 250 days in prison for illegal gun possession. On the New York City subway, Bernhard Goetz, a 37-year-old white male, shoots four young Black men after they surround him and ask for $5. Goetz later stated that, after wounding three of the unarmed men, he pointed his gun at 18-year-old Darrell Cabey, who was not wounded but cowering terrified in the subway car, and said, “You don’t look too bad, here’s another.” Goetz then shot Cabey in the back, severing his spinal cord. Three of the youths recovered, but Cabey was paralyzed and suffered permanent brain dam...