A million-dollar Jewish wedding reception last Saturday was over before it began when the groom’s cousin accidentally shot four people.
Anna Goldschmidt had married Elan Stratiyevsky in a traditional Jewish ceremony earlier in the day.
She was preparing for her reception at the Waldorf Astoria when hotel staff told her it had to be cancelled because four people – including two wedding guests - had been shot.
According to police, Vladimir Gotlibovsky, 42, had been in possession of a 9mm Ruger which accidentally went off. The bullets reportedly hit the hotel’s marble floor and then ricocheted into people standing nearby.
