Joseph Cortez allegedly shoots Lola Fernandez

Invading a party at 15 West 112th Street, the defendant [Cortez] “discharged a shot from a pistol… at the body of deponent [Fernandez], causing said bullet to strike deponent’s breast.” He claimed that had quarreled with her and was concerned she was spreading "scandalous stories" about him. After the shooting he fled to the roof and threw gun down nearest airshaft. A patrolman who had heard the shot caught him; the gun was later recovered.