When we first mentioned the non-fatal shooting of Cameron “Cam’ron” Giles in town two weeks ago, it appeared to be nothing more than, as Cam’ron’s manager Joe Sherman described it, “a botched carjacking.” It happened, it was reported, and since Killa Cam left Howard University Hospital in fine condition, most thought little of it afterwards.

Such things happen after all, and one could hardly be surprised when a rapper who is known almost equally for his ostentatious pink ensembles and lemon-red diamond incrustations as he is for his bawdy, Seussian lyrics is the victim of an attempted robbery. It’s hard for anyone, much less a multi-platinum rapper, to drive through any city in an ’06 Lamborghini wearing $200,000 worth of jewels without attracting some adverse attention.