Opinion ID: 774020
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The Robbery and Murder

Text: 3 In the early evening of January 4, 1976, at the Moulin Rouge, a neighborhood bar in Brooklyn, New York, several persons watched a football game on television: the bar's part-owner Charles Hill, the bartender Cecile Dukes, and four patrons, Arthur Shiloh, Vincent Cooke, Winfred Moore, and Sam Hayward. Three strangers entered the bar; one stood near the window at the front; the other two went briefly to the men's room. Upon their return, one approached Hill and engaged him in conversation; the other stood behind Shiloh, Cooke, and Moore, who were chatting while they drank and watched the game. 4 After about 15 minutes, a shot was heard; Hill fell onto the man who shot him, then onto the floor, dead. The patrons and the bartender had not seen the shooting but turned in time to see Hill fall; Cooke, Moore, Hayward, and Dukes observed a gun in the hand of the stranger standing near Hill. The man standing behind Shiloh, Cooke, and Moore then also brandished a gun and announced a hold up. He proceeded to take money, jewelry, and other items from Shiloh and Cooke; the shooter took such items from Hayward and Moore, including Moore's car keys. The robber who had been standing near the front window vaulted the bar and took money from the cash register. The patrons and the bartender were then herded into the men's room and warned not to come out. The robbers fled in Moore's car. 5 After a few minutes, the survivors left the bathroom and summoned the police. 6