Crime & Safety
4 Men Shot At Ravenswood Houses In LIC: Police
The quadruple shooting late Tuesday afternoon left one man clinging to life, according to police.
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — A man is clinging to life after a drive-by quadruple shooting at Ravenswood Houses on Tuesday afternoon, police and FDNY officials said.
The gunfire erupted about 4:45 p.m., when someone started firing shots from a Jeep driving past the public housing complex, according to police and a New York Post report.
The hail of bullets left four men with gunshot wounds, a police spokesperson said.
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One man, a 21-year-old who was shot in the head, is now battling the life-threatening injury at Elmhurst Hospital, according to NYPD and Fire Department spokespeople and the Post's news report.
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The other three victims are in the hospital being treated for gunshot wounds but are all expected to survive, police said. The Post identified them as teenagers.
Videos posted to the Citizen app show NYPD officers setting up a crime scene and speaking with bystanders, as helicopters circled from above.
No one has been arrested in connection with the shooting, police said Tuesday evening.
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