Dying Over Spilled Cristal?
Today’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board hearing on the May 27 shooting death at H2O Restaurant & Lounge has shed more light on how the incident came about.
The incident appears to have been sparked by a bottle of Cristal—or, rather, the loss of one. According to police Sgt. James Somers, alleged shooter Rashod Charles Holmes recorded a videotaped confession in which he explained that he bumped into the victim, who was carrying a bottle of the high-end champagne. Holmes testified that a dispute soon followed as to whether Holmes should pay for a replacement bottle. The argument soon spilled outside, leading to the patron’s shooting.
Holmes is currently being held on a charge of first-degree murder. How was he able to get a gun past H2O’s security detail? Simple—he says he bypassed it. Somers testified that Holmes described himself as a sparrer to a professional boxer, a job that gave him a privileged position at the club and allowed him to forgo the usual pat-down at the door. “If you’re known, they just walk you in—that’s how it works there,” Somers says he was told by Holmes.
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May 31st, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Wait, didn’t the Post report that the shooter went to his car and got a gun, and that the shooting happened outside the club?
May 31st, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Must not be much of a boxer.
May 31st, 2007 at 4:02 pm
I guess a bottle of cristal is priceless these days. Or at least worth a human life.
June 1st, 2007 at 6:39 pm
This man is a liar. How you going to believe a killer? He didn’t bypass security! He wants a reduced sentence of manslaughter.