None of the four earlier shootings were fatal.

Police asserted that the weapon used in the crime was the same as the one they had suspected in the earlier shootings.

M'Cola looked on all this early shooting as a series of lucky accidents.

One witness to the earlier shooting was gone, leaving B. J. to tell the tale.

Houston said that on some nights, the Knicks' poor early shooting had not discouraged them.

The police believe that Thursday's shooting may have been an act of revenge for the earlier shooting.

This message, dropped at the scene of an earlier shooting, was originally reported as "I am God."

Law enforcement officials said it did not appear that the earlier shooting had played a role in the one on Thursday.

A similar car was used in the earlier shootings, although no witness saw the license number.