‘The View’ Assistant Shot, Family Caned at a New York Deli For Allegedly Taking Too Long to Order
- Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:00pm by
Erica Ritz
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Lourdes Guillen and her cousin Juan Medina were both shot at a New York deli yesterday after allegedly taking too long with their order.
Guillen, who worked for “Good Morning America” and Anderson Cooper before becoming a production assistant on “The View,” says she and her cousin were celebrating his last day in the city when the late-night altercation occurred.
When asked to describe exactly what happened, Guillen said that three men in their twenties started fighting with her group, impatient with the waiting, before one of the men asked why Medina’s arms were crossed over his chest.
Guillen responded that her cousin was just a little cold, since he is from the Dominican Republic.
“You’re on my block now,” the man retorted angrily, before departing with his group.
The trio soon returned, however, armed with a cane and a gun.
Almost immediately they attacked Medina and another of Guillen’s cousins, beating them with their fists and the cane before shooting Medina twice.
“Put the gun down. Don’t be that person,” Guillen implored, telling the New York Post, “I knew that if my cousin got shot again, he would die.”
The gunman allegedly responded, “Don’t think I won’t shoot you too, b—h!” before firing at her stomach.
“I was trying to talk him out of it, because if he saw I was a woman, he would stop. But clearly, that didn’t faze him at all,” Guillen recalled. “I fell down against a car next to my cousin…I wasn’t bleeding. It wasn’t painful. It was just obstructing my breathing.”
Then, she says: “I told my [other] cousin to put pressure on Juan’s wound because he was bleeding.”
After that, the pair just “held hands and hung in there until the ambulance came.” Medina is in critical condition after a four hour surgery, and Guillen is expected to recover.
The assailants reportedly fled to one of the nearby housing projects after the attack, and police are investigating the shootings.





















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USACommoner
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:23pmI’m sorry that her cousin(s) had to experience that while visiting our beautiful country. I’m truly sorry that happened. No excuse. I pray for your quick recoveries.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:53pmAgain, how did this happen since guns are illegal in NYC? Isn’t that supposed to eliminate shootings? What? Criminals don’t obey gun laws either?
Report Post »blazingaway
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:01pmwe no longer have a beautiful country because we won‘t take criminals like these men and execute them immediately and send a message to others like them that their ugliness isn’t going to be tolerated and permitted and there are no damn second chances for this sort of crap … but then the ladies of the VIEW would disagree and I‘m sure will want to make the criminals into victims or explain it all away as societies fault or the white man’s fault … One of them should have been shot if someone had to be shot; perhaps then they would change their stupidity …. And I bet the guys were black since it doesn’t say what their race is.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:03pmI echo USACOMMONER’s sentiments.
Report Post »That being said….perhaps a white hispanic was the culprit?
Bum thrower
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:36pmkaydeebeau is correct; guns are illegal in NYC; this is part of Mayor Bloomberg’s anti-NRA effort. No doubt the perp was a ‘Cain’ supporter………..
Report Post »TheLeftMadeMeRight
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:41pm“I was trying to talk him out of it, because if he saw I was a woman, he would stop. But clearly, that didn’t faze him at all”
So charming the gunman with your wonderful personality and feminin ways didn’t do it?
Try a FN HANDGUN next time…
oh yea, law abiding citizens not allowed to defend themselves in NY, then I guess you’re only other choice is to die. (I would have said pray to God but you aren’t allowed to do that in public either)
So hows that gun control working out for ya all???
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:47pmTHELEFTMADEMERIGHT…I was particularly drawn back by the “dont’ be that guy” comment. Yes..I know in a situation like that you will say and do almost anything to avoid being harmed. But insulting your attacker probably wasn’t the best option. As it turned it, it got her shot too.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:57pmUnreal. This is what happens when law abiding citizens can’t carry a gun to protect themselves.
It is an Outrage that People’s 2nd Amendment rights are violated in N.Y. The people that “voted” for this should be at trial, facing charges of treason for violating their oath of office !!!!
You have to be a brain-dead moron not to understand that when citizens are allowed to exercise their Inherent Right to carry that Criminals are detered, and think twice before backing off.
The “Law” in NYC is a direct Violation of the Constitution and should be abolished.
NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE. Not the Congess, Not the senate, Not the President, Not the Supreme Court can Rule or vote on ANYTHING that Violates my Constitutional Rights !!!!
The Founding Fathers hated democracy and thought it was one the worst forms of government there was.
Under the Constitution, a Majority, even 99%, CAN NOT take away your Inherent God-given and Founding Fathers-given rights. Even if you are the 1% minority.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RewUP-Fdhqk
The global banksters that seized our Country in 1933, DO NOT care about Religion OR the Constitution !!!!!
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:14pmHad Lourdes and Juan held hands and started singing “Children of the Rainbow” this never would have happened, LOL ! – NYC what a toilet of diversity !
Report Post »ReddenBlack
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:16pmI don’t see what the problem was. The guy had a legal right to be on his block and probably illegal immigrants were up to no good.
The shooter simply stood his ground. Isn’t that how it works now?
Oh wait, no. Only if it’s a white guy shooting an innocent black child. Then it’s aaallllll good
Report Post »imsteph
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:40pmif judges and politicians refuse to enforce the laws on the books-what use will MORE laws be?
I feel for these young people who are suffering from these CRIMINALS and pray for their quickly recovery.
i am sure that heir bloomberg will use this as yet another example as to why they need to take away LAW ABIDING CITIZEN’S guns….
i would love to think he is so dense…but believe it is deliberate…
you could take every gun out of the entire nation—and STILL criminals will use whatever they have in their disposal to intimidate, afflict injury, and kill their victims.
criminals will be criminals and making criminals out of regular citizens will NEVER stop them,
Report Post »armyofnibiru
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:14pmand so it was to pass that fema was created in 1933 also.to give potus the right in what potus says is an emergancy even if created it to override the constituion. oh by the way only muslums are afforded the keep it quite by the media.in the unamerican zone of new york. now thats justice for moehamed. larry and curly not to forget shemp. is’nt bloomburg one of the brothers to.
Report Post »proantisocialist
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:47pmthe big apple has been rotten for a long time…
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:51pm.
Report Post »New York City, run by liberals for years.
But wait, aren’t guns illegal in NYC?
This story must be fake, there are no guns or gun crime in NYC.
Marci
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:19pmSickening. Are we sure they weren’t practicing for May Day? This is sad.
Report Post »toto
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:57pmNo doubt the View will invite the perpetrators on the show to explain that they are so oppressed that they felt they were defending themselves against the long wait and that the gun was necessary to make their point and that because they so oppressed, they have the right to shoot people and the gun laws don’t apply to them, etc. etc. etc. By the way, is this something Al Sharpton should attend to?
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 10:54pm@ArmyofNiburu
Thanks for that info. FEMA in 1933. Another peice of the puzzle, fitting perfectly.
For people that don’t know the significance of that year, there is this video.
Report Post »It is THE most important year in our Country’s History.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlCs7u1ihws
ProbIemSoIver
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 11:19pm@ArmyofNiburu
Of course I had to substantiate this claim.
I am finding that FEMA was established in 1979 under Carter.
F.D.R. did pass FERA – Federal Emergency Relief Act in 1933 due to a federal emergency, the Bankruptcy.
We have been under emergency powers since 1863 due to the Civil War.
Report Post »huufarted
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 11:36pmIf Obambo had a son he would look like those perpetrators…
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 1:35amBet they were black. Sad. Not all blacks are like them, but more will suffer now because of them. I stand side by side with blacks who are appalled by this and by Barack Obama. Nothing will turn me against them.
Report Post »IraHayesFlagRaiser
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 6:55amThe so called leaders (Mayor Bloomberg) of NYC are the blame. If Guns were allowed to be carried by innocent law abiding citizens less of these types of shooting would occur, why? BECAUSE THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT WOULD BE AFRAID THAT YOU WOULD BE PACKING HEAT AND THEY WOULD GET THEIR ASSES SHOT!
But NO the simple minded, less than street smart leaders think they can stop these types of attacks because the outlaw guns. Now only the OUTLAWS have guns you FOOLS!
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:36am@ReddenBlack
Report Post »Please bring your racism elsewhere, like media matters for instance, where it is embraced.
starman70
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:46amI’m sorry that Juan had to experience the seemy side of America BUT he and Lourdes are experiencing the fruits of the ultra liberal mindset created by the commies who are on “The Five”. Liberalism preaches that one obtains whatever they want by any means they can with no regard for the feelings or well being of others. The thugs wanted to order their food and when the couple took too long, they (The thugs) taught them a lesson in liberalism.
You‘ll find this mindset among a large majority of the welfare slave class created by President Johnson’s “Great Society” and other ultra liberal give away programs. The idea of YOU GIVE TO ME OR ELSE pervades the entire inner cities across America. Obtain by ANY means – - – drug sales, robberies, pimping, prostitution and strong arm tactics – - – basically, if you have it I want it.
America is becoming a BANANA REPUBLIC and the progressive, communist liberal policies of our own government are to blame!
Report Post »samurai2112
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 9:57am+1 Usacommoner
Report Post »Timsincali
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:49amA description of the perps please?? As if we didn’t already know. Another three of Obama’s sons.
Report Post »wboehmer
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:22pmYep . . . just like Mrs. Douglas in Green Acres: “New York is where I’d rather stay . . .”
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:27pmViolence in this country is just so out of hand and for the most silly of reasons these days. Ppl will shoot you for looking at them the wrong way or no way at all. Crossed arms was the reason? I hope they make an arrest soon. Ppl need to know their safe in our cities or whats the point of having a city then.
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:38pmIt’s a good thing law abiding New Yorkers are not allowed to carry!
Report Post »One of those upright ciizens that had to wait might have been hurt.
jhaydeng
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:34pmWhere is Chucky Schumer? Thought so!!!
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:21pmWhoppi Godberg’s mouth is big enough to slide a plate into. She is a sick puppy.
Report Post »meeester
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:55pmhttp://www.mursi.org/pdf/lip-plates.pdf
Report Post »TiredofSittingontheCouch
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:20pmInteresting to see how the hosts on The View spin this story if they report it at all. Regardless of what side of the political fence you sit, it does not justify shooting a defenseless person. The liberal pendulum has swung all the way to the left, now its time to get the pendulum to swing back to common sense
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:20pmWell, they were black assailants, I am betting. The article did not say, so I am betting so. Just keep sucking up to them and get your azz shot again. Let’s see how many excuses you make for them now that you got your azzes shot. Aren’t they just wonderful? All of your heads are screwed on backwards and you are putting yourselves in harms way and making a fool of yourself at the same time. You are tryng to be “cool” and take up for anyone who has a dark skin. Who gives a snipe what color someones skin is? You are not put in this world to pet the snakes.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:30pmI noticed that also … same as my old hometown paper .. you had to get the “info” from talking with people who had friends inside the police .. the paper would not report it.
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:32pmMore than likely they were Scandinavians.
Report Post »meeester
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:56pmdarn Tea Partiers – misbehaving again.
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:13pmTea Party East Indian Sikhs likely. Just as long as they aren’t Jewish Peruvians. We have all been told in the media and by Al not so Sharpton how evil Jewish Peruvians are.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 7:25pmthose nice black people were just helping him since he was cold. mayor bloomberg was worried they may be getting too much salt or smoking, too busy in fact to worry about all the illegal guns because since he banned all guns they magically don’t exist anymore. I am so sick of NY they are so nutty. Gun free city right? How is that working out? prayers for recovery
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:20pmThis story is a lie, we all know that guns are banned in NYC (except for a small few). So it is highly unlikely that someone could get shot in NY because Bloomberg says no guns. Gun free zone, not shooting.. therefore this story must be a lie.
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:29pmGood one.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:34pm(wink) .. yes or as I like to call them sitting duck zones.
Report Post »Unbelievable
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:35pmOnly criminals have guns in NYC! These innocent people can’t defend themselves in NYC because they would be breaking the law like these thugs. Good job Bloomberg!
I pray he’ll be ok.
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:35pmYes. I‘m sure glad no one else had a ’conceal and carry’ to stop this crime before there were two defenseless victims. After all, shooting the gunman might have made a mess, and we can’t have that.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:40pm(wink) .. yes or as I like to call them sitting duck zones … New York is one big “zone”..
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:19pmobama’s sons, sending a message
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:18pmSo why is it that a Marine Corps veteran and a mother cannot carry a gun in New York for self protection? Oh, yeah, that’s right. It is because New York has perfect gun control legislation and no one that could ever possibly threaten you can ever get a gun into the city.
Seriously, we need to start shipping people who infringe on our inalienable rights out of the country and put their names and faces on the news as excommunicated individuals who wanted to do harm to our nation and individual rights. Maybe China will take them off of our hands as payment on our debts?
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:03pmNew York City
Applicants who wish to obtain a concealed carry permit in New York City must follow the same requirements and procedures of New York State applicants, but holding a concealed carry permit from New York State does not guarantee that the holder will receive a permit to carry a concealed weapon in New York City. The New York City police department will perform their own investigation and assessment to determine if an applicant’s request will be granted. New York City may also grant judges the right to carry concealed weapons.
…its tough, but if in the right position/line of work, one can obtain one….its just the NYPD need to check you out really really really thoroughly….its BS.
Report Post »evilhatemonger
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:42pmWhy should it be that hard?
Report Post »Pick another constitutional right and see what happens if you apply the same restrictions. Do I need a special permit issued by the city to exercise my first amendment rights? It’s BS and anyone with any sense realizes it.
marine249
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:17pmand the coior fo the shooter was ++++k.?
Report Post »travlman77
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:22pmb+++k
Can I buy a vowel
Report Post »Agnes
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:45pmWhat do you think? You can bet they were wearing “hoodies”.
Report Post »IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:17pmMy thoughts and prayers go out to the wounded and I hope the guilty are brought justice as soon as possible.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 2:45amIMCHRISTIAN, Amen
Report Post »Kitsune
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:16pm“Justice for Trayvon” (and the 20 year old specter of Rodney King), obviously.
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:35pmYup, werefox. If the thugs come out and admit that it will be one of the final nails in the coffin of the high horse some of these people sit on about that case, especially on the view.
Report Post »Clmsadjman
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:14pmI have been behind these people before the thought of a gun and violence has crossed my mind. Ever stand behind a women who has been in line and once she gets to counter then she starts deciding what she wants and asking a million question on how the food is prepared. They once she makes the order after 10 minutes its like a big surprise that she has to pay as she starting digging in her bottomless pit of a purse. Sorry but if I was on the jury I’d let the guy go.
Report Post »muddpuddle
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:27pmLol
Report Post »woebegone
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:06pmHave to say that I agree with you on some level. People don’t have manners any more, worse there is a sort of celebration of the opposite of manners (anti-manners?). Sometimes I think it has become so bad that people work at making the people behind them in line wait and get off on it in some way. Maybe annoying other people lets them know they exist? I suspect that if the shooters had been ahead in the line they would have taken as long as humanly possible to order, and then changed their order once prepared, just to take even longer. Doesn’t condone violence of course but this is one of those little tells that lets you know that people are so numb they search for any little thing to make sure they exist. Sad really.
Report Post »BBEV
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:12pmLOL, So you have been behind my wife..
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:14pmBet they were all Irish.
Report Post »travlman77
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:13pmIt’s a lie!!
Report Post »Did not Happen!!
Impossible!!
Guns are illegal in New York City!!
Ask the mayor, gun laws work, so it didn’t happen!!
Mike Westfall No Hiding
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:17pmA CCW / CPL would have come in handy right about then? Enough with the common sense I suppose.
Report Post »pickyourpoison
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:42pmTravlman77, when I read the article I was fooled, but thanks to your logic I know it is fake. I, like you, know the gun laws in NYC are working perfectly. (wink wink.) Now if only they could outlaw those deadly canes.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:12pmHow did we get here? When did life start having so little meaning for so many? What I ask I know the answer-when we gave up the ten commandments and let socialists-now communists worm their way into our lives and our country. Also when we stopped believing what the Old Testament said about end days.
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:25pmIt started when they removed prayer from the schools,with it went discipline,morality and accountability…what do you expect from a godless people?
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:26pmbrought on by these people- Al Sharpton, Rev. Wright, Louis Farrakhan, Jessie Jackson (Jr & Sr), Sheila Jackson Lee, Obama , eric holder,
Report Post »creepshow
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:28pm“How did we get here?…”
Report Post »Jenny we’ve always been “here”.
I know that‘s a shock for folks who watch too much ’Leave it to Beaver‘ and ’Father Knows Best’. Instant communication and total connectivity in the world has shattered the bubble of idealism that many mangaged to hide in for years. The world and the people in it hasn’t changed Jenny. What’s changed is there are no more places left to hide from it.
Cavallo
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:45pmEven Jesus’ parable about the good Samaritan contains heartless thugs. These parasites and evil souled individuals will always be with us. They’ll prey on the weak and defenseless. Sometimes they will even come upon you with titles and paychecks from the federal government.
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:59pm@ MCDAVE: You are correct – the country really took a nose-dive after prayer was removed from school, although it was heading downward ever since Wilson….. It’s almost like looking at cause & effect – prayer is banned, and all Hell breaks loose!
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 6:52pm@Todd P …religion is a very important to society,its what sets the guidelines for civilized..this has been true for centuries..the communists will always try to destroy it,because it stands in their way..ITs communism that does not work, never has, never will.
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:12pmFor Trayvon.
Report Post »Texas Chris
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:11pmThank God guns are illegal there! Somebody could have been SHOT!!11!11
Report Post »tommyB
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:19pmUh huh, that’s awesome right?
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:25pmGuns aren’t illegal here, per se…its just the hurdles one has to jump over to get one is a mile high…most sane people here have weapons though. Feel bad for the victims, but rolling around Bushwick in the wee hours is suicide for the unprepared and vulnerable. You can‘t ’reason’ crazy away like most liberals believe…but live rounds can…;-)
Report Post »Daniel
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:25pmSo true. Now if concealed carry were allowed in NYC, then maybe someone would have been shot, and somebody might have been critically wounded. Wouldn’t that have been sad?!?!
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:11pmThis happened in the Bushwick Section of Brooklyn,NY… a person needs a gun after the sun goes down….crime and illegal immigration has destroyed this section of Brooklyn…fact.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:11pmSad
No description given……..not surprised
Report Post »BlondeFrenzy
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:11pmSickening. This kind of story is just so sad. What kind of people raised these monsters. God help us.
Report Post »Amica
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:44pmMost likely nobody raised them, that’s the problem.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:10pmIf only she was allowed to be carrying a concealed firearm herself……….
Report Post »single stack
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:22pmA gun wouldn’t do anyone stupid enough to say this:
““I was trying to talk him out of it, because if he saw I was a woman, he would stop.”
any good.
Report Post »amerbur
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:09pmOh my Lord, what animals. What is happening to New York? Where is Guilianni. Help!!!
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:24pmIn all fairness to the thugs, if they had time to leave the deli, arm themselves, and return, and this guy was still ahead of them, he really was taking a bit too long to order.
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:07pmLet’s see what kind of spin “the girls” impart to this story.
Report Post »Texas Chris
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:13pmI’m betting it has something to do with stronger gun laws. And free coats for dominican visitors, courtesy of the NY taxpayer.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:07pmNYC… just a Crazy… Fun… place!
Report Post »raderby
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:07pmdescription of assailants?
Report Post »Texas Chris
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:13pmA description was conspicuosly absent in this telling, wan’t it?
Report Post »TheSoundOf Truth
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:17pmProjects.
Enuff said.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:21pmUsually NO description means black. Wonder why? They have no problem saying ‘WHITE or HISPANIC.” It’s bazaar..
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:28pmGood question, we know they weren’t gun toting TEA party members because that would be the MSM headline.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:21pmEqualJustice
Report Post »Bizarre means strange. Bazaar means a fair or marketplace.