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09/02/2010
Irishmen Shot In New York Smoking Row
Two Irishmen are recovering in a New York hospital after being shot by a security guard in a dispute over smoking at a bowling alley.
Gerard Hourigan from Limerick and Justin Donaghy from Navan, both aged 29, were smoking in the toilets of a bowling alley in Queens at about 1.45am on Saturday when Michael Iavecchio, 54, the bowling alley’s security guard, told them to leave.
Mr Iavecchio then escorted them outside and a fight ensued. The guard, a retired policeman, pulled out his .380 calibre Ruger semi-automatic pistol and shot Mr Hourigan on the right side of the torso and Mr Donaghy in the stomach.
The men were out with their wives at the time.
The parents of the pair have flown to the US to be at their sons' bedsides.
The bowling alley security guard, Michael Iavecchio (54), is a retired New York corrections officer.
He has since been charged with two counts of second-degree assault after the altercation in the Woodside area of the New York borough.
(DW/BMcC)
Gerard Hourigan from Limerick and Justin Donaghy from Navan, both aged 29, were smoking in the toilets of a bowling alley in Queens at about 1.45am on Saturday when Michael Iavecchio, 54, the bowling alley’s security guard, told them to leave.
Mr Iavecchio then escorted them outside and a fight ensued. The guard, a retired policeman, pulled out his .380 calibre Ruger semi-automatic pistol and shot Mr Hourigan on the right side of the torso and Mr Donaghy in the stomach.
The men were out with their wives at the time.
The parents of the pair have flown to the US to be at their sons' bedsides.
The bowling alley security guard, Michael Iavecchio (54), is a retired New York corrections officer.
He has since been charged with two counts of second-degree assault after the altercation in the Woodside area of the New York borough.
(DW/BMcC)
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