This morning at 7:40, the police received a call from a man who said he shot an unknown on long island. Officers arrived at the address on South Park Place and Albany Avenue, where indeed found 39-year-old man with a gunshot wound. He was sent to the hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.
BREAKING: Police say a 34 yr old man called them this morning and told them he shot the male driver of this red sedan in Amityville. The 39 yr old victim later died. Police say this was not random and that the suspect and victim knew each other, although they’re not saying how pic.twitter.com/xBFKPFooMp
— Kristin Thorne (@KristinThorne) January 22, 2019
The suspect (presumably he called the police) detained. 34-year-old shooter says the gunman first opened fire on his car when he drove past. Police say they found in his car of bullet holes. The suspect from the shots was not injured, but, being under fire, he crashed into another car. Third, the involuntary participant of the incident, who was riding in the car, was not injured, his car suffered minor damage.
The man says that has never met with the victim and did not know what could be a related attack. Police do not believe and declare that investigation will establish exactly what happened this morning on Albany Avenue.
