Another bad one gone

GunReports has an article (originally from the 12 December New York Post) about a dead idiot:

A story in the Post said that a Times Square bloodbath was narrowly avoided because the machine-pistol-toting thug who fired at a cop flipped the gun on its side like a character out of a rap video, causing the weapon to jam after two shots.
When scam artist Raymond 'Ready' Martinez held the MAC-10-style gun parallel to the ground, it caused the ejecting shells to "stovepipe", or get caught vertically in the chamber, the sources said. The gun is designed to be fired only in a vertical position. If he had fired the weapon (which had another 27 rounds in the clip) properly, Martinez, 25, could have killed the hero cop pursuing him and countless others walking through the swarming tourist mecca on Thursday morning.

Rico says 'tourist mecca'? When are we going to stop purloining Islamic names for things?