PICTURE! Here is a photo of Josyann Abisaab. Josyann Abisaab is Plaxico Burress’ emergency room doctor who treated the gun shot. Josyann Abisaab allegedly did not report the injury to police claims reports today.

“We got the gun, we got the wound, but who knew and who failed [to report the injury] is part of the investigation,” said District Attorney Robert Morgenthau.

Reports the Daily News:

“Burress, 31, used an alias when he arrived at Weill Cornell at 2 a.m. Saturday - but he was recognized, law enforcement sources said.The hospital suspended emergency room doctor Josyann Abisaab for failing to report the wound, sources said.”

You have to report the injury says the hospital!

“Not reporting a gunshot wound is a clear violation of our policies and procedures,” said New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell spokeswoman Kathleen Robinson.

Abisaab has no comment.

But even stranger - reports that Abisaab is not on staff at the hospital but affiliated and called in or “summoned” in the middle of the night to treat Burress at the facility.

Reports WEHC:

“The Post claims 44-year-old Dr. Josyann Abisaab, who now lives in New York City, was mysteriously summoned to the hospital in the middle of the night and has been suspended for failing to alert police and signing off on medical papers identifying him by a phony name.”

• Comments (3)

The Latin Quarter is the nightclub in which Plaxico Burress shot himself. Ironically, the Latin Quarter is one block from the NFL offices!

What did Latin Quarter do and not do in regards to Plaxico Burress?

The Latin Quarter is located at 48th and Lexington Ave. The New York Daily News says Burress that night had “a pocket full of money and a head full of nothing”.

Since that report, Burress has been arrested.

Questions remain however -
a. Did anyone in Latin Quarter hear gun shots?
b. Did they report the gun shots?
c. Did they assist escorting Burress out of the club after the shooting?

One person who is asking a lot of questions today is Mayor Bloomberg. Today Bloomberg told press he seeks Burress to be prosecuted “to the fullest extent of the law”.

“It’s pretty hard to argue the guy didn’t have a gun and that it wasn’t loaded. You’ve got bullet holes in and out to show that it was there.” Bloomberg is furious that the gun was illegal, concealed, and the failure to report the shooting thereafter.

Bloomberg says of Burress with an illegal handgun “you go automatically to three-and-a-half years in the slammer.”

No mention about the Latin Quarter by Bloomberg today.

But the Mayor does want to know about anyone at the hospital who “allegedly didn’t immediately report that Burress had been brought to the hospital and treated …. “It’s a misdemeanor, it’s a chargeable offense, and I think that the district attorney should certainly go after the management of this hospital.” “

• Comments (0)

A Plaxico Burress suspension? Could Plaxico Burress face NFL suspension? Plaxico Burress’ gun charges arrest for shooting his leg in Latin Quarter nightclub is being confirmed moments ago.

Plaxico Burress will turn himself in Monday and plead not guilty confirms his attorney late today in an email to AP News.

*** UPDATE - Plaxico Buress has been suspended! ***
Click here for that article.

Here is the latest on Plaxico, Antonio Pierce, and the NFL.

Attorney Benjamin Brafman in an email to AP says today his client Burress will turn himself in Monday and enter a plea of not guilty to unstated weapons charge(s).

That case stems from the New York City nightclub incidence Friday first broke here on LALATE NEWS. Inside an area nightclub called Latin Quarter Burress reportedly shot himself with a gun inside his pants.

The injury was specifically to his thigh.

As broke earlier today, Burress did not have a license to carry a concealed weapon in the state of New York claims reports.

Since then, Thomas King, the president of the New York Rifle and Pistol Association, tells the New York Post: “New York has the most restrictive pistol-licensing system in the United States. It recognizes absolutely no out-of-state permits. An out-of-stater never has the authority to carry”.

And how about Antonio Pierce?

“Pierce’s attorney was in discussions with the police to attempt to prevent Pierce from being charged for his role in the incident, according to the Daily News report” reports the Washington Post Sunday. “The Daily News reported that Pierce took the gun and put it somewhere in New Jersey after the shooting.”

And what about suspension for Burress? No suspension for Burress as of Sunday. But the Washington Post makes clear the language of the NFL’s gun policy. The policy includes the following language:

“If you violate this policy on guns and other weapons, you are subject to discipline, including suspension from playing. And if you violate a public law covering weapons–for example, possession of an unlicensed firearm–you are not only subject to discipline, including suspension from playing, but also subject to criminal prosecution.”

No further comment from Burress or police as of Sunday.

For continuing coverage of the Burress shooting, click here:

http://news.lalate.com/category/plaxico-burress

• Comments (1)

Plaxico Burress faces arrest for his Latin Quarter leg shooting, says reports. Plaxico Burress faces arrest for the leg shooting at nightclub Latin Quarter claims a new report today.

Here’s the latest.

LALATE first broke to you on Friday that the New York Giants star shot himself accidentally in his leg Friday night at a New York nightclub called Latin Quarter.

Now the Daily News is claiming that Burress “apparently tried to hide the gun after the incident …  In fact, [Antonio] Pierce’s attorney was frantically trying to save him from criminal charges late last night, the News is reporting.

“Burress, meanwhile, is expected to be arrested on felony weapons charges sometime in the next few days, according to sources. He could face up to five years in prison if he’s eventually convicted. Carrying an illegal, concealed weapon in New York also carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 3 ½ years.”

The New York Daily News says Burress’ gun went off inside his pants, and that Burress does not have a permit to carry a concealed weapon in New York.

No official comment from Burress or police. An unconfirmed report
additionally here claims a warrant for Burress’ arrest has already been issued as of today.

For continuing coverage of the Burress shooting, click here

http://news.lalate.com/category/plaxico-burress 

• Comments (1)

Antonio Pierce has been questioned in the Plaxico Burress leg shooting. Antonio Pierce was with Plaxico Burress when Burress shot his own leg in a nightclub. NFL security have questioned Pierce about the fellow Giant’s shooting, confirms general manager Jerry Reese today.

The shooting was Friday.

Giants CEO John Mara said the following moments ago:

“I want to wait until we find out all the facts and circumstances before we make any determination. I don’t know what happened there, and until we find out exactly what happened, I’m not going to make any comment or make any decision about what his future is.”

Could an arrest for Pierce and Burress and possible suspension be in the cards? That story next up on LALATE.

For continuing coverage of the Burress shooting, click here

http://news.lalate.com/category/plaxico-burress .

• Comments (1)