The Nation - News from Feb. 28, 1985

Bernhard H. Goetz, who wounded four teen-agers he says were trying to mug him on a subway Dec. 22, told police that he tried to shoot one of them a second time because he could not see any blood and believed that he had missed, according to a transcript released in a Manhattan court. The fifth shot, which apparently went astray, was described in a statement by officer C. T. Domian that detailed Goetz’s alleged admissions after he surrendered to officers in New Hampshire. His statement said that, after admitting shooting the four youths, Goetz “further stated that he shot the fourth individual twice, that prior to doing so he told the individual: ‘You seem to be all right--here’s another.’ ”