Raymond Martinez was killed by New York Police after firing at them. Many lives may have been saved due to his shooting style, which mirrored what he probably learned from watching rap videos.
A Times Square bloodbath was narrowly avoided because the machine-pistol-toting thug who fired at a cop flipped the gun on its side like a character out of a rap video, causing the weapon to jam after two shots, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.
When scam artist Raymond “Ready” Martinez (pictured on far right in a photo taken with Al Sharpton) held the MAC-10-style gun parallel to the ground, it caused the ejecting shells to “stovepipe,” or get caught vertically in the chamber, the sources said. The gun is designed to be fired only in a vertical position.
If he had fired the weapon — which had another 27 rounds in the clip — properly, Martinez, 25, could have killed the hero cop pursuing him and countless others walking through the swarming tourist mecca Thursday morning.Instead, Sgt. Christopher Newsom was able to return fire — killing Martinez with four shots before anyone was hurt.
The fatal gun battle erupted after Martinez bolted from cops who approached him for aggressively peddling his own rap CDs to tourists and shaking them down for cash. Newsom gave chase and shouted for Martinez to put up his hands.
Martinez instead pulled the machine gun from a sling under his coat and turned to fire as he ran into the parking breezeway within the Marriott Marquis Hotel.
One of the shots shattered a gift-shop window and a second struck the car of an out-of-town couple coming to see the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall.
In rap songs on his Web page, Martinez boasted of taking aim at a police sergeant.
“If they call the cops, then I’m aiming at the sergeant, like aiming at my target,” said Martinez, who raps under the name “Ready.”
“And sure that f- – -ing dirty pig will feel it the hardest.”
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