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| 2007 New York City shooting | |
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| Location | Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Date | March 14, 2007 c. 9:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. (EDT) |
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| Deaths | 4 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 0 |
| Perpetrator | David Garvin |
| Motive | Unknown |
The 2007 New York City shooting was a spree shooting that occurred on March 14, 2007, in Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighborhood. 42-year-old David Garvin killed three people before being fatally shot by NYPD officers. [2]
On March 14, 2007, around 9 p.m., Garvin, armed with two semi-automatic handguns and carrying 100 rounds of ammunition, entered De Marco's Pizzeria on Macdougal and West Houston Street, wearing a fake beard. Garvin asked 33-year-old Alfredo Romero for a menu, and when he turned his back shot him 15 times. [3] After killing Romero, Garvin fled the scene. Unarmed NYPD Auxiliary officers Yevgeniy Marshalik and Nicholas Pekearo begin chasing Garvin. Surveillance video [4] [5] shows when the chase reached Sullivan Street, Garvin fatally shot Pekearo as he ducked behind a vehicle. He then ran in the opposite direction and fatally shot Marshalik in the head. Garvin then ran into a nearby shop, then came out, pointing his gun at armed NYPD officers, and was fatally shot numerous times. [6]
Police later recovered a Taurus .357 Magnum revolver from Garvin’s apartment. [7]
After the shooting, Margie De Marco, the owner of De Marco's Pizzeria, closed the pizzeria. [8]