Crime & Safety
26-Year-Old Arrested In Connection To March 6th Shooting
After an earlier Shotspotter notification, Newburgh police were were contacted about a gunshot victim at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital.
CITY OF NEWBURGH, NY — A curious shooting case has been solved with the arrest of a Newburgh man, police have announced.
The City of Newburgh Police Department received a Shotspotter notification on March 6, around 7:52 p.m., in the area of Liberty St. Soon after, police were notified that a 33-year-old man had arrived at Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital with a gunshot wound.
He survived his injuries.
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The incident was investigated by the City of Newburgh Detective Division and the Non-Fatal Shooting Task Force.
On March 15, detectives arrested 26-year-old Leshawn X. Hamilton, of the City of Newburgh, in connection to the shooting.
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He was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
The Non-Fatal Shooting Task Force is a joint investigative collaboration between the City of Newburgh Detective Division, Orange County District Attorney's Office Investigators, and the Hudson Valley Crime Analysis Center.
Anyone with any additional information is being asked to contact City of Newburgh Detective Sergeant Jodice at 845-569-7520. All calls may remain confidential.
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