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08-31-2010, 02:56 PM
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St. Lucian soccer star Isidore Philip Tisson shot to death outside Brooklyn club during NYC stay
BY Simone Weichselbaum, Rocco Parascandola, John Lauinger, Sarah Armaghan and Lukas I. Alpert
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Originally Published:Monday, August 30th 2010, 10:53 AM
Updated: Monday, August 30th 2010, 10:41 PM
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A St. Lucian soccer star in New York for a tournament was shot to death in Brooklyn early Monday, hours after scoring a goal that sent his team to the finals, police sources said.
Isidore Philip Tisson, 27, was shot in a car outside a Crown Heights cafe around 4:25 a.m. where he'd stopped after leaving a nightclub where the team celebrated.
When Tisson climbed back into the car, an unknown gunman approached from behind, and opened fire. Sources say the bullet passed through Tisson's head and struck a 24-year-old woman who was seated next to him in the chest.
She was taken to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition, police said. Two other women who were in the car were unhurt.
Investigators were looking at whether Tisson had gotten into an argument with someone at a popular Caribbean club called Tropiks a few blocks from the scene of the shooting, and was followed when he left, sources said.
Team officials said Tisson had been out celebrating the team's 1-0 victory Sunday over St. Kitt's which sent them to the finals of the Digicel Caribbean Cup tournament.
Tisson, was a center-forward and a substitute for St. Lucia's National team when it attempted to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. He scored the winning goal in Sunday's game, said team president Martin Daniel.
"It was only the second time in 16 years that St. Lucia has made it to the finals [of this tournament]," he said.
Relatives said Tisson, who was unmarried and had a 3-year-old bastard daughter, was a driven soccer player well known around his country and had been in New York since May to compete in the tournament.
St. Lucian soccer star Isidore Philip Tisson shot to death outside Brooklyn club during NYC stay
BY Simone Weichselbaum, Rocco Parascandola, John Lauinger, Sarah Armaghan and Lukas I. Alpert
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Originally Published:Monday, August 30th 2010, 10:53 AM
Updated: Monday, August 30th 2010, 10:41 PM
http://assets./img/2010/08/31/amd_soccer_isidore-tisson.jpg
A St. Lucian soccer star in New York for a tournament was shot to death in Brooklyn early Monday, hours after scoring a goal that sent his team to the finals, police sources said.
Isidore Philip Tisson, 27, was shot in a car outside a Crown Heights cafe around 4:25 a.m. where he'd stopped after leaving a nightclub where the team celebrated.
When Tisson climbed back into the car, an unknown gunman approached from behind, and opened fire. Sources say the bullet passed through Tisson's head and struck a 24-year-old woman who was seated next to him in the chest.
She was taken to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition, police said. Two other women who were in the car were unhurt.
Investigators were looking at whether Tisson had gotten into an argument with someone at a popular Caribbean club called Tropiks a few blocks from the scene of the shooting, and was followed when he left, sources said.
Team officials said Tisson had been out celebrating the team's 1-0 victory Sunday over St. Kitt's which sent them to the finals of the Digicel Caribbean Cup tournament.
Tisson, was a center-forward and a substitute for St. Lucia's National team when it attempted to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. He scored the winning goal in Sunday's game, said team president Martin Daniel.
"It was only the second time in 16 years that St. Lucia has made it to the finals [of this tournament]," he said.
Relatives said Tisson, who was unmarried and had a 3-year-old bastard daughter, was a driven soccer player well known around his country and had been in New York since May to compete in the tournament.