Sean Bell shooting incident
The Sean Bell shooting incident took place in the New York City borough of Queens on November 25, 2006, in which one Latino and two African-American men were shot a total of fifty.
Sean Bell (May 18, 1983 November 25, 2006) was the nephew of the University of Miami basketball coach Frank Haith.5 As a teenager, he studied acting in Flushing, Queens.6 He was a pitcher for John Adams High School in Ozone Park. His senior year season ended with an 11-0 record, a 2.30 E.R.A. and 97 strikeouts in 62.2 innings.citation needed Bell held odd jobs after the birth of his daughter. His former fiance, Nicole Paultre Bell, told Larry King that Bell was an electrician by trade and unemployed when the shooting occurred.7
Bell had been arrested three times, twice for drug dealing and once for a firearms possession.8 In all cases, he was released on his own recognizance.9 The New York Daily News reported that, according to unnamed law enforcement sources, Bell sold crack cocaine twice to a confidential police informant in August 2006.10
The two men who were injured by the police, Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield, had been arrested nine and three times, respectively, each having been arrested at least once for illegal firearm possession.8 Guzman had been previously arrested for armed robbery, spending two separate terms in a state prison.8 Benefield had a sealed record as a juvenile for gun possession and robbery.8
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