Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, May 15, 1990 TAG: 9005150340
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: FORT WORTH, TEXAS LENGTH: Medium
It was a day for street violence and mourning in other cities as well: Gunmen with automatic weapons killed one man and wounded seven people on the edge of San Francisco's Chinatown, and Chicago police charged a man with killing two officers the night before.
In Fort Worth, the gunfire erupted about 7 a.m. at the Glass Key Cafe, a bar in a poor neighborhood known to police as a gambling and drug hangout and the scene of a similar attack in October.
Four men broke into the game, shouted "task force," and began shooting, police said.
Up to 15 people were inside.
Some scrambled into a back room and others ran outside to escape the gunfire, said Police Chief Thomas Windham.
"It appears to have been a robbery of a gambling game," Windham said. "We have information that it was an extremely high-dollar gambling game with tens of thousands of dollars involved."
The chief didn't know if the gunmen got any money before escaping in a car.
Two people were killed inside; two were pronounced dead at a hospital.
The clothes and "task force" reference could have been intended to make the gamblers think they were being raided by police, said Police Capt. Randy Ely. He noted similar tactics were used in a March attack on another gambling spot in which one person was slain.
Monday's attack also was similar to a shooting Oct. 2, when several men hid inside the Glass Key and opened fire on gamblers, Ely said. One man was killed. No arrests have been made and police are unwilling to say if the shootings are related.
The Glass Key has hosted illegal gambling, drug deals and violent crime, Windham said.
The bar's owner, Albert Huey You, told reporters two men entered the lounge, robbed several patrons who were sitting around drinking coffee, and then began firing what he described as semiautomatic weapons.
He said a shotgun pellet nicked his ear.
In San Francisco, a group of people leaving a nightclub about 2 a.m. were attacked by at least one gunman spraying automatic weapons fire.
Police said they were seeking three men in the attack outside the Purple Onion nightclub in the North Beach district, on the edge of Chinatown. All the victims had Asian surnames, said authorities, who declined to speculate on the motive.
A man about 35 years old was killed, and seven other people were wounded. The most seriously hurt was Margaret Lee, 26, who is three months pregnant. She was in serious to critical condition after undergoing surgery for a hip wound, said a spokeswoman for San Francisco General Hospital.
Five others were treated for less serious gunshot wounds at the hospital and one was treated at the scene. The dead man's name was withheld.
In Chicago, two veteran police officers, longtime friends and partners, were shot to death after being called to quell a Mother's Day argument between a man and his grandmother.
Investigators said Officers Gregory Hauser, 43, and Raymond Kilroy, 47, called for backup officers. Authorities released few other details.
The grandson, Roman Chavez, 23, was charged with two counts of murder and one count of armed robbery, the latter for allegedly taking one officer's gun. Investigators had yet to determine if it was the gun that fired the fatal shots.
In the Fort Worth case, the dead were identified as Robert L. Satterwhite, 30, of Austin; James W. Lacey, 56; Joe D. Wafers, 54; and Timothy V. Carter, 45, all of Fort Worth.
A 30-year-old man was in critical condition at John Peter Smith Hospital. A 20-year-old still was in fair condition at the hospital. A 17-year-old male left the hospital against medical advice with abrasions to his arm.
by CNB