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Clarence London shot
The location of the shooting is recorded in Harlem Hospital’s admission records as West 122nd Street and 7th Avenue, while reports in the NYT and HT put it three blocks north, at 125th Street and 7th Avenue. Both locations saw multiple acts of violence during the disorder, including an assault on a white man, John Eigler, at 122nd Street around the time London was shot also attended by an ambulance from Harlem Hospital. The assault is mapped at 125th Street as that is where the weight of the evidence puts it.
The Am reported London had been “shot by an unidentified man” but offered no other details. Other papers simply listed him as “shot.” The hospital records further obscured the circumstances by describing London as “wounded.” His wound was consistently reported as in the right leg, although the HN did report it was in the left leg.
The Am, NYP, HN, HT, and NYT all identified London as black; only the NYDN and NYJ did not specify his race. Three of the five other men shot and wounded in the disorder were black, one of unknown race, and one white police officer. Given the evidence of both looting and police responding to it at the time, and the lack of any evidence that blacks on the streets during the disorder used guns, London was likely hit by shots fired by police – as were the others reported as shot and wounded.
No one was arrested for shooting Bell, as was the case with all of those shot and wounded (Detective Campo’s alleged assailant was shot and killed).