Crime & Safety
Shooting Near LIRR Station Sends 1 Person To Hospital: Police
It happened as thousands of students gathered at the beach on Thursday evening.
LONG BEACH, NY — A shooting near the Long Beach LIRR station sent one person to a hospital on Thursday evening, multiple reports said.
Police took two people into custody, CBS2 reported.
"It appears to be a social media [event], maybe a Senior Cut Day, and there were multiple schools on the beach, hanging out on the beach, and there were a couple of disputes within that group," Long Beach Acting Police Commissioner Richard DePalma said, according to CBS2.
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A few thousand people were gathered on the beach, ABC7 said.
As they got rowdier, Nassau police officers were called to assist, a spokesperson for the county's police department confirmed to Patch.
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Because of the crime scene's proximity to the LIRR, trains were disrupted on Thursday evening from Long Beach to Island Park.
The shooting victim is expected to survive, ABC7 said.
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