Not Feelin' Good in the Neighborhood

As with so many misdeeds, the coverup is worse than the crime itself ... especially injecting Applebee's restaurant.

We're hearing the same things the NYC papers are reporting today: After Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg, he scrambled to concoct a phony story. When he belatedly went to the hospital, he claimed to hospital admissions staff he was shot at an Applebee's restaurant.

According to the NY Post, Burress used the alias Harris Smith, but staffers recognized him and blew his cover.

The Post says New York-Cornell Hospital did not report the gunshot to cops.

Also, club owners didn't call the cops after the incident, and may have cleaned up before the NYPD arrived, according to the paper.

Reader Comments

(Page 1 of 1)

1. No real coverup by the hospital, guys. Under the federal HIPPA law, NO information on a patient may be released unless the patient him/herself chooses to release it. No...not even IF they were treated much less WHY!

Posted at 9:21AM on Dec 1st 2008 by cootie

2. I was under the belief that they needed to report a shooting to the police.

Anyway, the man is an idiot.

Posted at 10:53AM on Dec 1st 2008 by wtf?