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Trio tries to steal car, shots are fired near Seventh and Bushkill
December 20, 2000|The Morning Call
EASTON

Gunfire erupted in Easton’s West Ward Monday night when three masked men tried to steal a car and then fired on friends of the victim who arrived on the scene, police said.

But the end of the gunfire didn’t end problems for police.

Officials said the victim and his friends were arrested for disorderly conduct when they became unruly when officers responded.

“It was just total chaos,” said Detective Lt. Steven Parkansky.

About 11:15 p.m., an officer at Sixth and Northampton streets was told about a shooting that had just occurred near Seventh and Bushkill streets, police said.

Investigators said Fitzbert Lester, 24, of the 200 block of N. Seventh Street, Easton, was unloading items from his car outside his home when he was approached by three men wearing dark masks and dark clothing. Police said the men pushed Lester into his car and demanded the car keys, but he refused and struggled with them.

At the same time, police said, two of Lester’s friends, Jamie Bussereth, 22, of West Hempstead, N.Y., and Carlton Johnson, 31, of Brooklyn, N.Y., arrived in a car.

When they got out of the car, police said, one of the three men who had been assaulting Lester fired a shot. The three men got back into their car and drove down Bushkill Street. Police said they recovered one .45-caliber and two .380-caliber casings, indicating more than one of Lester’s assailants was armed and several shots were fired.

No injuries were reported.

Parkansky charged Lester, Bussereth, Johnson and a fourth person, Jennifer Jones, with disorderly conduct. Jones, 26, who lives with Lester, came out of the N. Seventh Street residence when the commotion began, police said.

In July 1997, Lester was shot in the arm outside a city restaurant. He initially identified his attacker but then testified he didn’t see who shot him. Police charged him with filing a false report, but a Northampton County judge dismissed the case.