NEW YORK – A mass shooting in Jamaica, Queens left 10 teenagers hurt when police say several suspects opened fire outside a venue.
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 the four male suspects who fired into a crowd of about 15 people standing in front of the event space.
Mass shooting outside Amazura Concert Hall in Queens
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 colored sedan with out-of-state plates.
“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.
There were so many victims, the street was crowded with ambulances waiting to rush them all to local hospitals. They range in age from 16 to 19 years old and are all listed in stable condition.
Six of the victims were taken to the Jamaica Hospital Trauma Center with injuries ranging from gunshot wounds to the leg, arm and buttocks, to graze wounds to the back. The other four victims are being treated at New York-Presbyterian Queens, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Cohen Children’s Medical Center.
Police also say they are actively canvassing local medical centers for any unaccounted for gunshot victims related to this incident.
Investigators say the public has been instrumental in helping them solve high-profile crimes in recent weeks, and they hope the public will once again help them catch the suspects in this case.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. You can also submit a tip via their website. All calls are kept confidential.
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