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4 The Courier sun • NOVEMBER 3, 2016 for breaking news visit www.qns.com Fireman knows how to save a life in Jamaica By Robert Pozarycki rpozarycki@qns.com @robbpoz The Bravest of Ladder Company 155 and Engine Company 308 in south Jamaica truly lived up to the Fire Department’s reputation Lawmaker wants Jamaica Estates hookah bar closed following EMT’s shooting By Robert Pozarycki rpozarycki@qns.com/@robbpoz Days after an off-duty paramedic was shot outside a hookah lounge in Jamaica Estates, a local lawmaker is calling for the bar to be closed, citing a past history of violence. The 38-year-old male FDNY lieutenant was shot four times in the arm, back, torso and foot outside the Cloud 9 lounge located at 179-22 Union Tpke. at about 4 a.m. on the morning of Oct. 29, according to police. He was brought to Queens Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition. According to published reports, the lieutenant and some colleagues were hanging out at the lounge when a brawl erupted. Bullets rang out as patrons scattered outside the joint, the New York Daily News reported. Police said a description of the shooter was not yet known. Councilman Rory Lancman said this was the second shooting at Cloud 9 in two years. Back in June 2014, according to a published report, a 30-year-old man was shot in the right shoulder amid a dispute broke out at the hookah bar. Lancman said that it was time for the NYPD and the State Liquor Authority to take action to ensure that either club owners make the facility safe, or shut it down for good. “The Police Department and the State Liquor Authority need to use the tools at their disposal to ensure that adequate security is in place before Cloud 9 is able to continue operating, and I will be convening a meeting of stakeholders to demand answers from the bar’s ownership,” Lancman said in a statement. “No one — let alone a first responder — should fear for their safety after a night out with friends or coworkers, or while walking the streets in our quiet community.” QNS called Cloud 9 for comment, but no one picked up, and a message could not be left because the voicemail box was full. Meanwhile, the investigation of Saturday’s shooting continues. on Oct. 26 when they helped save a man’s life during a blaze at a neighborhood home. Members of the units based on Rockaway Boulevard rushed to the residence on 140th Street near 133rd Avenue at about 1:36 p.m. According to firefighter Gerard McManus of Ladder 155, firefighters could see plumes of black smoke billowing from the home two blocks before they arrived on scene. Upon arrival, the firefighters saw flames and heavy smoke throughout the structure. McManus, in search of potentially trapped residents, went to the rear of the home and forced through two rear doors to get inside. Encountering heavy smoke upon entering the kitchen, McManus — breathing through an oxygen mask — began searching the area, feeling his way through the home before finding the unconscious man in the dining room. “When I made my way into the dining room, I felt a foot, immediately transmitted a 10-45 (call for assistance for an injured victim) and pulled him out the way I came in,” McManus said in a post on the Fire Department’s Facebook page. Upon getting the man out of the home, McManus handed him off to Engine 308 members, who began administering CPR. Paramedics from Station 50 then arrived at the location and continued the CPR work that the engine company members began, eventually reviving the man. The injured man was rushed to a local hospital with burns and smoke inhalation, and is now listed in stable condition, Fire Department sources said. For Lieutenant Brendan Corrigan of Ladder 155, it was all in a day’s work for the team of lifesavers. “You practice like you play and we drill constantly,” Corrigan said. “What we did here today is what we train for every day. The guys all knew their jobs and performed exceptionally well.” The blaze was brought under control at 2:52 p.m., and the cause is under investigation. Photo via YouTube/Inset courtesy of FDNY Firefighter Gerard McManus of Ladder Company 155 pulled an unconscious man from a burning south Jamaica home on Wednesday afternoon. Cops shoot man who they said had a gun in south Jamaica housing complex By Robert Pozarycki rpozarycki@qns.com @robbpoz A police officer shot and injured a 38-year-old man who allegedly displayed a gun to them and refused their orders to drop it inside a public housing complex in south Jamaica on the night of Oct. 28, law enforcement sources said. The incident occurred at 9:20 p.m. on Oct. 28 inside the Baisley Housing D e v e l o p m e n t located at 116-80 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., where a lieutenant and an officer assigned to NYPD Housing Bureau Police Service Area 9 were on patrol inside the location. Both in plainclothes, the lieutenant and officer exited a second-floor stairwell when they encountered Jamel Ethridge, 38, who was seen allegedly holding a firearm, according to Assistant Chief David Barrere, commanding officer of NYPD Patrol Borough Queens South. The officers told Ethridge to drop his weapon, Barrere noted. When he refused, law enforcement sources said, the officers fired their weapons, striking Ethridge in the left leg. Paramedics rushed him to Jamaica Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition. The lieutenant and officer were also taken to a local hospital for evaluation of possible The officers told Ethridge to drop his weapon, Barrere noted. When he refused, law enforcement sources said, the officers fired their weapons, striking Ethridge in the left leg. injuries. Police recovered the gun Ethridge allegedly held, a 9mm handgun, at the scene. Barrere noted that Ethridge had an “extensive arrest history that includes attempted murder, and multiple arrests for criminal possession of a firearm.” The NYPD’s Force Investigation Division, a unit with the department that specifically examines policeinvolved shootings, is conducting an inquiry. Photo via Google Maps An FDNY lieutenant was shot outside the Cloud 9 hookah lounge in Jamaica Estates early on the morning of Oct. 29.


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