Shots, panic and death: For Oddo, U.S. Capitol takeover springs painful memories of ’03 Council assassination
Updated Jan 06, 2021;
Posted Jan 06, 2021
Police throng City Hall after the fatal shooting of Brooklyn Democratic City Councilman James Davis in 2003. (Staten Island Advance/Monika Graff)Staten Island Advance
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. More than 17 years ago, chaos took hold of City Hall when an armed gunman shot Brooklyn Councilman James Davis seven times in the torso, killing the former police officer.
Nearly two decades later, the events of Wednesday’s U.S. Capitol takeover in Washington, D.C., by supporters of President Donald Trump sparked painful memories of the July 23, 2003 incident for Borough President James Oddo, who at the time was a councilman himself.