Pubdate: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 Source: New York Post (NY) Copyright: 2005 N.Y.P. Holdings, Inc. Contact: http://www.nypost.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/296 Author: Douglas Montero, Philip Messing and Cynthia R. Fagen Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis) PILFERED POT EYED IN RUB-OUT OF QNS. TEEN A popular teenager who was gunned down in cold blood near her Queens high school may have been targeted for death because she owed money to pot dealers, a friend said yesterday. The friend said that Sequoia Thomas, 17, had been taking bags of pot from local drug dealers to sell, but never paid them back. A law-enforcement source confirmed cops were looking into a report that the victim had been "dabbling" in the marijuana business. "It was nickel-and-dime stuff," the source said. "She may have taken some marijuana on consignment and not paid for it." Thomas' friend, who asked not to be identified, said that for the past six months, several people had been looking for the teen. One man claimed Thomas owed him $500. "I'm not the only one she owes money to. I don't want to hurt her because she's a girl," he told the friend. Police believe a man shot the teenager in broad daylight on Friday around noon. Witnesses said that they spotted Thomas in a shoving match with him on 160th Street near 85th Avenue just before a shot rang out. The impact spun Thomas around, and she staggered several steps, crying for help. "Then he grabbed her by the neck and shot her three more times," said Segundo Cajamarca, 36, a roofer. Police said the shooter is still at large. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin