Lengthy Island taking pictures: Police investigating after 1 killed, 2 injured at Eisenhower Park
NASSAU COUNTY, Lengthy Island (WABC) — An lively investigation is underway right into a taking pictures that left one particular person lifeless, and two others injured at a park on Lengthy Island, in response to officers.
Nassau County police closed Eisenhower Park and an entire part of Merrick Avenue alongside the park Wednesday night time.
They stated three individuals had been shot, together with a 15-year-old boy who was killed. Two different victims had been taken to the hospital.
Police are investigating the taking pictures as gang-related.
Eyewitness Information heard from a girl who stated her son’s pal, who’s 15, is likely one of the victims. She says her son is 17, and he is OK. He’s cooperating with the police.
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The mom instructed Eyewitness Information she knew her son can be on the park, and that he and his pals grasp there, however he known as her Wednesday night time and instructed her to return rapidly.
“He simply stated, ‘my pal simply obtained shot, my pal obtained shot,’ and we was like, ‘what occurred?’ And he was like, ‘I do not know,'” stated the mom, Latesha Bryant. “My abdomen is sunken, and I do not know what is going on on so it is fairly surreal since you would not assume it could be your personal little one.”
The investigation in ongoing.
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