Bell Suspected in Shooting Drug Dealer...

...or at least that's what the drug dealer says. From NYDailynews.com:

"A Queens drug dealer has told police that he was shot by Sean Bell in a turf battle last summer, sources told the Daily News.


The allegation emerged Sunday night, when the 26-year-old ex-con was arrested in Queens on new drug charges.

"He hoped to cut a deal somehow with this information, but so far his account seems credible," a high-ranking police source told The News last night."

Wait--a 'high-ranking police source' believes the dealer? What a surprise. Wonder if it was the same source who believed the 'eye witness' during the grand jury hearing? It would have been more shocking if the police hadn't believed the snitch; 'No, I'm afraid this incarcerated criminal is absolutely wrong about Sean Bell, who we believe to be of the highest character.'

According to the Dealer:

"As he was selling his wares, a rival dealer, whom he later identified as Bell, told the man his drug crew owned the turf and ordered him to leave, sources said.

The outraged dealer refused, only to be confronted a short time later by two men in a black Toyota Camry.

In broad daylight, the car pulled alongside the dealer and one of the occupants shot him in the right buttocks as he fled.

"He said the dealer didn't want any competition. He didn't take no for an answer and shot him in the a-- as he ran," another police source said. "He was quite clear: Bell was the man who shot him.""

By the way, am I the only one who had to laugh at "...as he was selling his wares...?" As if he were selling ceramic piggy banks at the county fair? Anyway, the story really doesn't play too much of a role in this case considering the whole thing hinges on the fact of a) Did Bell or his friends pull out a gun during the melee? or b) did the police have evidence that he was carrying a gun prior to leaving the club?

But if you really want to know the veracity of the dealers statement--let's see if the DA presses charges against Bell for it. I'm setting the odds at 50-1.

By the way; I really hope the snitch got his deal because he's lost all street cred. He was shot, in the ass, as he was running away from Sean Bell. Hard to show your face on the streets after that one unless you're Doctor Dre.