Street scheduled the press briefing to announce an executive order creating a citizen reward fund for information on crime. The reward, fattened by the city's general fund and private donations collected, was created to encourage citizens to come forward with information about crimes. Police, who are continuing to investigate, need this kind of help for the Lex Street Massacre. The four gunmen who stormed 816 Lex St. on Dec. 28 were there to settle a score, said Yvette Long, a survivor who was shot during the attack. The rivalry was over drug turf, police said.
Witnesses are scared to death of what happened in that house.
Descriptions from neighbors and witnesses hardly put the activities at 816 Lex St. in the realm of those settled in Landlord-Tenant court. On Dec. 28, the dining room of this rental property was filled with bloody carnage. Still, Timoney said it wasn't a problem house for police. During the last six months, Timoney said, police received just one 911 call from the location. By the time police responded to the call, reporting a man with a gun, the call was deemed unfounded, said police spokesman Cpl.