Outside the Elephas disco on 211th St. in the early morning hours of June 26, 1977, another young couple was shot as they sat in a parked car. Both Judy Placido, 17, of Queens, and Sal Lupo survived through the former took bullets to the temple, shoulder, and neck. Lupo was shot in the forearm. Ironically, just before the shooting, the couple discussed how scary it was knowing that Son of Sam was prowling the streets.
Lupo and his girlfriend Judy Placido were sitting in their car when three gunshots penetrated the window at 3 a.m. Both were hit, but their injuries were relatively minor and both survived. Neither had seen the attacker.
Witnesses at the scene reported to have seen a tall, stocky man, sprinting from the scene and anotehr blond man leaving the neighborhood without headlights on in a Chevy Nova. Remember, Berkowitz was blond (he lost in the meantime all hair). Berkowitz later claimed that cult members had long wanted to shoot someone at the Elephas disco, thinking the site significant in light of their interest in the work of noted 19th century occultist Eliphas Levi. Interesting in this light is, that Michael Carr was the son of Berkowitz’s neighbor who owned the infamous dog. Michawl Carr is mentioned as suspect also in the case of the Rochester Double Initial Murders, which as of yet remain unsolved.