Crime & Safety
Woman Shot On Long Island On Thursday Night: Police
She was taken to a local hospital for treatment, Suffolk police say. Detectives believe the home was targeted.
MASTIC BEACH, NY —A woman was injured in a shooting in Mastic Beach on Thursday night, Suffolk police said.
Officers responded to a report of multiple shots fired from the roadway into an occupied house, located on Woodside Road, at around 10:30 p.m., police said, adding that when they arrived, they
found a 28-year-old woman with a gunshot wound in the arm.
Detectives are investigating whether the shots were fired from a vehicle or if the shooter or shooters were on foot, a police spokesperson said.
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No other houses were struck, according to police.
She was taken to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
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There were no other injuries, according to police.
Detectives believe the house was targeted, police said.
Further details were not immediately released.
Anyone with information about the shooting can contact the 7th Squad in Shirley at 631-852-8752 or Crime Stoppers, a confidential police hotline, at 800-220-TIPS.
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