Massapequa Mall Drive Through

[pfost262]

I saw on the news tonight that some crazy guy slammed through the doors of the sunrise mall, drove the length of the mall (inside) while people ran and dove out of his way and bashed his way out one of the exits. I don't believe anyone was hurt but i just found that particularly crazy.

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from what i heard the only injury was a lady who stepped on glass......the guy was trying to kill himself (dont know why he drove through a mall)

[ieatsmoke]

He was mad at people. Tired of seeing all those people.

EDP. So he'll do time at Creedmoor.

[bfd732]

Someone told me they saw something like it on a "JACKASS-like" show.
That's all we need is more copycat JACKASSES on LI. Who remembers the A$$hole that used power shots on drywall at the Burger King in the mall? UNBELIEVABLE !

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Even better hes an arsonist too.

Teen who hit mall accused of arson -- too
BY JOSEPH MALLIA AND KEITH HERBERT

June 8, 2007, 7:40 AM EDT
The man who drove his car through the Sunrise Mall in East Massapequa was also responsible for an arson at another mall this week, Nassau police said.

The police early Friday released the name of the suspect, Dwight Thomas, 19, of 4 Sunshine Lane in Amityville, adding a new charge against him of arson for a fire he allegedly set Tuesday at Broadway Mall in Hicksville.

Thomas is scheduled to be in First District Court in Hempstead on Friday to face the arson charge as well as charges of criminal mischief and reckless endangerment after he crashed into Sunrise Mall, then sped along walkways and slammed into a kiosk before racing out another entrance.

At the Sunrise Mall, shoppers and merchants screamed and ran for safety and one woman, a mall customer who was not named, cut her foot on broken glass near the entrance.

The rampage occurred at around 7 p.m. Thursday, and afterward when Thomas returned to the parking lot he stopped and got out of his 1995 Toyota Corolla, the police said. At that point, a passerby grabbed him, holding Thomas until mall security arrived, followed by the Nassau police who arrested him.

Theresa Schuessler, of Farmingdale, was walking out of Macy's near a bookstore in the mall when she heard people screaming and noticed something moving inside the mall at high speed.

She said she saw the driver's face. "He was smiling the whole time and laughing like this was nothing," she said. She grabbed her mother, Aileen, by the arm and pulled her out of the way of the automobile.

Police would not comment on the man's motive but Harmeet Singh, 24, of Hicksville, who operates two kiosks in the mall, said he was outside when the suspect was first apprehended and overheard an officer ask him why he did it. "I'm just sick and tired," Singh quoted the man as saying.

Police said mall management estimated the damage at about $60,000.

"It was basically screeching tires, breaking glass, people running out of the way," said Bryan Daly, 15, who was in the mall while his 13-year-old brother, Kevin, was just outside. "People were just sprinting around, just getting out of the way," he said.

His brother, who was in the Wal-Mart next door, saw the driver coming out and sped away. "I heard a big crash. I rode my bike because I was scared out of my mind," he said.

Singh said he heard people screaming, and came out to investigate. "I saw a lady running and shouting," he said, then saw a car going 30 to 40 mph down the corridor.

The car rammed one of his kiosks, which was unmanned, spinning it 360 degrees, Singh said. "He didn't even stop one millisecond. ... I feel so lucky because I didn't have help," he said.

Bill Mason contributed to this story.

[littlebude]

from what i understand a fireman was the passerby that grabbed him and held him till pd showed. kudos to the brother!!!