Maurice Gordon"Detectives have reviewed surveillance video from the nightclub hoping to identify the men who waited for Gordon and a relative to leave before the shooting"
By Alicia Cruz
The Black Urban Times
The senseless murder of a customs officer early Monday morning, killed while defending the honor of a relative, has his widow pleading to the public for help in finding his killers.
CBS News reported that the customs agent was shot 25 times during an ambush believed to have been preceded by an exchange of words at a nightclub earlier.
Standing at an imposing 6-foot-3, 250-pounds, it's no wonder why Maurice Gordon was affectionately referred to as "Big Mo" by freinds and loved ones. He was far from violent and described as a loving father, son and husband.
Gordon, was a customs officer who worked a John F. Kennedy airport. He and a female cousin visiting from his native country, Jamaica, went dancing at the Moments Night Club in Elmont, L.I., Sunday night where Gordon once worked as a bouncer.
According to a report by WCBS TV, a man or several men at the nightclub began harassing Gordon's cousin, 33-year-old Kerry Ann Daily. She apparently did not want to bothered with the man or men and moved away from them towards her cousin. Police allege that Gordon said something to the man or men in an effort to dissuade them from continuing to pursue Daily.
As Gordon and Daily left the nightclub, the persistent thug and two friends were waiting for them outside. Gordon and Daily wisely retreated back into the nightclub to wait the individuals out. When they went to leave a second time, the men appeared to have left.
Once the cousins arrived at Gordon's father's 118th Avenue home in Jamaica, Queens, the off-duty customs agent went to retrieve something from his trunk when someone drove up to him and shot him. Police officials say they believe the men from the club may have followed Gordon and Daily home where they ambushed him.
Immediately after hearing the shots Gordon yelled to Daily, "Run! Run!"
Gordon returned fire, managing to empty his weapon at the suspects before he was killed by a fatal gunshot to his chest. As he lay dying, Gordon's last words to his cousin were, "Call 911! Call 911!"
As police processed the scene, 25 spent shell casings littered the street in front of Gordon's father's 118th Avenue home.
"They were just looking at him directly and they just attacked him," Daily told the New York Daily News.
In Freeport, Long Island Gordon's neighbors reminisced about what a great man the father of one was and told reporters they were going to miss seeing Gordon return home. Neighbor, Mary Pitts, 78, told the Daily News that Gordon's daughter, Zoe loved her daddy. "She would see him and she would run to him."
Gordon's grieving widow, Katisha, who described her husband as a protector, pleaded with the public for information leading to the apprehension of her husband's killers. As she stood outside the home they once shared in Freeport, L.I., holding their 14-month-old daughter in her arms, she said, "If anyone knows what happened, please call the police and let them know."
"My daughter will no longer have a father. She used to run to the door every time he came home, she can't do that anymore."
Wearing shades over her tear-swollen eyes, the young widow made the brief plea as she was leaving for the morgue where she would go to formally identify the body of her husband.
"I haven't heard anything from the police," Katisha told media outlets. "I don't know why these men attacked him ... Hopefully they will be found."
Detectives working the murder have studied surveillance tapes from the Moments Night Club hoping to identify the man from the nightclub along with the marauding thugs who were waiting for the two cousins outside the club.
When asked if she considered her husband a hero, Katisha responded, "I do, I do. He loved his job. He would talk about it every day."
Katisha added that gun violence plaguing the city and the country has got to stop.
"There has to be a solution somehow," said the young widow, "I don't know how they can fix it, but it needs to be fixed."
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The Black Urban Times
The senseless murder of a customs officer early Monday morning, killed while defending the honor of a relative, has his widow pleading to the public for help in finding his killers.
CBS News reported that the customs agent was shot 25 times during an ambush believed to have been preceded by an exchange of words at a nightclub earlier.
Standing at an imposing 6-foot-3, 250-pounds, it's no wonder why Maurice Gordon was affectionately referred to as "Big Mo" by freinds and loved ones. He was far from violent and described as a loving father, son and husband.
Gordon, was a customs officer who worked a John F. Kennedy airport. He and a female cousin visiting from his native country, Jamaica, went dancing at the Moments Night Club in Elmont, L.I., Sunday night where Gordon once worked as a bouncer.
According to a report by WCBS TV, a man or several men at the nightclub began harassing Gordon's cousin, 33-year-old Kerry Ann Daily. She apparently did not want to bothered with the man or men and moved away from them towards her cousin. Police allege that Gordon said something to the man or men in an effort to dissuade them from continuing to pursue Daily.
As Gordon and Daily left the nightclub, the persistent thug and two friends were waiting for them outside. Gordon and Daily wisely retreated back into the nightclub to wait the individuals out. When they went to leave a second time, the men appeared to have left.
Once the cousins arrived at Gordon's father's 118th Avenue home in Jamaica, Queens, the off-duty customs agent went to retrieve something from his trunk when someone drove up to him and shot him. Police officials say they believe the men from the club may have followed Gordon and Daily home where they ambushed him.
Immediately after hearing the shots Gordon yelled to Daily, "Run! Run!"
Gordon returned fire, managing to empty his weapon at the suspects before he was killed by a fatal gunshot to his chest. As he lay dying, Gordon's last words to his cousin were, "Call 911! Call 911!"
As police processed the scene, 25 spent shell casings littered the street in front of Gordon's father's 118th Avenue home.
"They were just looking at him directly and they just attacked him," Daily told the New York Daily News.
In Freeport, Long Island Gordon's neighbors reminisced about what a great man the father of one was and told reporters they were going to miss seeing Gordon return home. Neighbor, Mary Pitts, 78, told the Daily News that Gordon's daughter, Zoe loved her daddy. "She would see him and she would run to him."
Gordon's grieving widow, Katisha, who described her husband as a protector, pleaded with the public for information leading to the apprehension of her husband's killers. As she stood outside the home they once shared in Freeport, L.I., holding their 14-month-old daughter in her arms, she said, "If anyone knows what happened, please call the police and let them know."
"My daughter will no longer have a father. She used to run to the door every time he came home, she can't do that anymore."
Wearing shades over her tear-swollen eyes, the young widow made the brief plea as she was leaving for the morgue where she would go to formally identify the body of her husband.
"I haven't heard anything from the police," Katisha told media outlets. "I don't know why these men attacked him ... Hopefully they will be found."
Detectives working the murder have studied surveillance tapes from the Moments Night Club hoping to identify the man from the nightclub along with the marauding thugs who were waiting for the two cousins outside the club.
When asked if she considered her husband a hero, Katisha responded, "I do, I do. He loved his job. He would talk about it every day."
Katisha added that gun violence plaguing the city and the country has got to stop.
"There has to be a solution somehow," said the young widow, "I don't know how they can fix it, but it needs to be fixed."
Media Outlets must credit
The Black Urban Times
www.theblackurbantimes.com
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