Crime & Safety
Man Shot Outside Show Palace Strip Club In LIC: Police
Police are looking for the duo suspected of shooting a man last month outside the Show Palace strip club in Long Island City.
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — Police are looking for two men suspected of shooting a man last month outside the Show Palace strip club in Long Island City.
The duo went up to the 27-year-old man about 6 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, then shot him in the shoulder and the arm, according to the police.
First responders brought the man to Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition, police said.
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The 21st Street adult entertainment club has seen a handful of nonfatal shootings outside its doors, including one in May 2019, when a bouncer was shot in the shoulder and the leg.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
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