Thursday, January 2, 2025 - A mass shooting in Oueens, Jamaica, left 10 teenagers injured when several suspects opened fire outside a nightclub.
It happened just after 11:15 p.m. on New Year's Day
outside the Amazura Concert Hall on 144th Place.
Police are now searching for four male suspects who
fired into a crowd of about 15 people standing outside the event space.
According to police, about 90 people were inside a
private event space upstairs.
The venue was at capacity, and a line of about 15 people were waiting
outside.
Police say that's when four men walking down 91st Avenue approached the
crowd and fired about 30 rounds. They then ran toward 143rd Place, where they
got in a light-coloured sedan with out-of-state plates.
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. called the shooting a
"life-changing ordeal" and shared his thoughts for those
impacted.
"Ten families woke up this morning to some of the most devastating
news one could imagine receiving — their loved one had been shot. My thoughts
are with the victims and all those impacted as they navigate this life-changing
ordeal, and I'm relieved that seemingly no lives will be lost due to this
despicable shooting," Richards said in a statement. "I have been in
constant communication with law enforcement, and while it does not appear this
incident has a Queen's nexus, under no circumstance will we allow any example
of gun violence in our borough to go unpunished. I'm confident that those who
perpetrated this heinous act will be arrested and held accountable for their
actions."
The street was crowded with ambulances waiting to rush the victims to
local hospitals. They range in age from 16 to 19 years old and are all expected
to survive their injuries.
"Officers responded to the multiple 911 calls and found a total of
10 victims -- six females, four males -- who were taken to area hospitals. All
of the victims are expected to recover with non-life-threatening
injuries," NYPD Chief of Patrol Philip Rivera told reporters
overnight.
Six of the victims were taken to the Jamaica Hospital Trauma Center with
injuries ranging from gunshot wounds to the leg, foot, arm and buttocks, to
graze wounds to the back. The other four are being treated at New
York-Presbyterian Queens, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Cohen
Children's Medical Center.
Police say they are also actively canvassing local medical centres for any
unaccounted-for gunshot victims related to this incident.
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