People: Dec. 11, 2000

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Ray Romano was smart. He named his show Everybody Loves Raymond. DAVID SPADE stars on Just Shoot Me. Bad call. The wispy Spade was attacked in his Beverly Hills, Calif., home Wednesday when his personal assistant targeted him with a stun gun. Spade, 36, suffered minor injuries and was treated on the scene by paramedics. The alleged shooter, David Malloy, fled Spade's home before police arrived but was quickly tracked down and arrested on charges of suspicion of burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and assault with a stun gun. Bail was set at $50,000. The usually acid Spade was shockingly kind in a postshooting statement: "David Malloy was a good friend of mine for five years. I believe he is a good person who is obviously mentally troubled right now. I can only hope that he seeks the help he needs to get well." During a presenter gig at Thursday night's My VH1 Music Awards, Spade seemed his old self, announcing, "Hi, I just got beat up and tasered by one of my friends."