Facing Up To Firepower

Thanks to Kovac for digging this one up.

Francis X. Clines: As he lies healing in a hospital bed, Louis McLendon is a wonder of ballistics: He has nine bulletholes in him from six slugs fired from three different weapons.

Pretty good shooting considering the blur of a target he presented in the Montego Bay clothingstore in Jamaica, Queens, on New Year's Eve, when he suddenly, rather maniacally, stood up toa terrifying holdup gang of five young men brandishing a semiautomatic arsenal.

"I figured they were in there to hurt people," said this durable 47-year-old New Yorker, who gavebetter than he got. "I figured, they find me with a gun they're gonna kill me anyway."

He leaned back gingerly in his …