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Early Morning Shooting Leaves 1 Wounded In Westchester
The first Mount Vernon police officers to arrive at the scene found a gunshot victim with a wound to the right forearm.

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The first Mount Vernon police officers to arrive at the scene found a gunshot victim with a wound to the right forearm.

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