At least eight shot, including four children, in New York’s Coney Island
- At least eight people, including four children, were shot and wounded on Saturday during the Fourth of July holiday in New York City’s Coney Island section, according to police.
- The shooting happened at about 10.35pm on the Brooklyn neighborhood’s West 30th Street – not far from a boardwalk where a fireworks display had been set less than an hour earlier.
- Those injured include a 33-year-old man and 21-year-old woman shot in the chest; a 25-year-old woman; and a 37-year-old man struck in the shoulder.
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- At least eight people, including four children, were shot and wounded on Saturday during the Fourth of July holiday in New York City’s Coney Island section, according to police.
- The shooting happened at about 10.35pm on the Brooklyn neighborhood’s West 30th Street – not far from a boardwalk where a fireworks display had been set less than an hour earlier.
- Those injured include a 33-year-old man and 21-year-old woman shot in the chest; a 25-year-old woman; and a 37-year-old man struck in the shoulder.
Sources: The Independent, Guardian