Crime & Safety
1 Charged With Gun Possession After Scuffle In Mastic Beach: Police
Two men were in a physical fight on Sunday night, and one flashed a gun, and though not shot, he was injured in the scuffle, cops say.
MASTIC BEACH, NY — A man was charged with gun possession after being injured in a scuffle when he flashed a gun at another man in Mastic Beach on Sunday night, Suffolk police said.
The two men were in a physical fight on Mastic Beach Road at around 7:41 p.m., and John Napierkowski waved a gun, police said, adding that he was not shot but did receive non-life-threatening injuries "during the altercation" and was treated and released from a local hospital.
Napierkowski, 37, of Mastic Beach, was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and menacing, police said.
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The investigation is ongoing by 7th Squad detectives in Shirley, according to police.
Further details were not available.
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