4 hospitalized in JP restaurant shooting

4 hospitalized in JP restaurant shooting

By O’Ryan Johnson  |   Sunday, November 21, 2010  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage

Four people were shot on Jamaica Plain’s bustling Centre Street tonight and police said at least two of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries.

The shooting started at 7:24 p.m. inside a restaurant called Same Old Place, police said. A fight broke out and three men were shot inside the restaurant. A woman passing by outside was grazed in the leg, police said. One of the men shot was apprehended outside the restaurant holding a gun, Police Commissioner Edward Davis said.

“The initial report is all part of a fight and it’s all self-contained,” Davis said. “They are all here.”

An eyewitness, John, 45, who declined to give his last name but was interviewed by police at the scene, said he had just left J.P. Licks and had crossed the street when he heard about seven shots and saw a man fall on the pavement.

“It was really scary. It was like the Wild West. It was just like the Wild West,” John said.

Police cordoned off a large section of the neighborhood while homicide detectives rounded up a number of witnesses who were placed inside of an MBTA bus to await further questioning.

All four victims were taken to local hospitals, cops said.

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