OVER COMMACK ROAD, WE HAVE NO PROBLEMS TO REPORT. EASTBOUND OR WESTBOUND. DAN, BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE’RE STARTING WITH BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. A MASS SHOOTING THIS IS IN QUEENS, NEW YORK. AN INJURED AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE. OFFICIALS SAY THEIR INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING.
AND NOW THE NYPD IS SEARCHING FOR MULTIPLE GUNMEN. LET’S GET RIGHT TOMASSETTI. SHE IS LIVE OUTSIDE THAT PARTY HALL IN JAMAICA WITH THE LATEST BRIELLA. TISHANI. AND DAN, GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU. POLICE HAVE NOT PINNED DOWN A MOTIVE RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS NOT AN ACT OF TERRORISM.
THEY’RE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE SHOOTING MAY HAVE BEEN GANG RELATED. THEY’RE ALSO LOOKING FOR A LIGHT COLORED SEDAN THEY STEP CLOSER TO THE SUSPECTS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY RECEIVED 911 CALLS FOR MULTIPLE PEOPLE SHOT OUTSIDE THE EVENT HALL AT AROUND 1118 LAST NIGHT. POLICE RUSHED TO THE CRIME SCENE LOCATED AT 91ST AVENUE AND 144TH PLACE, WHERE THEY SAY ABOUT 90 PEOPLE WERE INSIDE AT A PRIVATE EVENT UPSTAIRS.
ACCORDING TO THE NYPD, THE VENUE WAS AT CAPACITY AND A QUEUE OF ABOUT 15 PEOPLE HAD FORMED OUTSIDE. THAT’S WHEN POLICE ALLEGE FOUR SUSPECTS CROWD. HERE’S NYPD CHIEF OF PATROL PHILIP RIVERA WITH MORE DETAILS. FOUR MALES WERE WALKING EASTBOUND ON 91ST AVENUE ONTO 1/44 PLACE TOWARDS THE VENUE. 3 TO 4 MALES THEN OPENED FIRE OVER 30 TIMES IN THE DIRECTION OF THE GROUP STANDING OUTSIDE THE EVENT SPACE, STRIKING MULTIPLE VICTIMS.
THE TEN VICTIMS WERE SHOT IN TOTAL SIX WOMEN AND FOUR MEN, ALL BETWEEN 16 AND 20 YEARS OLD. THEY ARE BEING TREATED AT LOCAL HOSPITALS FOR NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. THE FOUR SUSPECTS SUSPECTS RAN OFF WESTBOUND ON 91ST AVENUE TOWARD 143RD PLACE, WHERE THEY GOT INTO OUT-OF-STATE PLATES. OVERNIGHT, POLICE CORDONED OFF THIS AREA WITH EVIDENCE MARKERS AND CRIME 4000 PEOPLE AND REGULARLY HOSTS DJS AND LIVE PERFORMANCES.
LAST APRIL, TWO MEN WERE SHOT AND WOUNDED AT THE SAME VENUE. NEIGHBORS ARE NOW CALLING FOR AN END TO THE RAMPANT GUN VIOLENCE. NEW YORK IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL, AND THESE KIDS AND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO STOP. SHOOTING, ALL THIS VIOLENCE, IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE. IT’S NOT LIKE, YEAH, AND THAT WOMAN SAID THAT THIS EVENT WAS A MEMORIAL FOR SOMEBODY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHO HAD RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
POLICE CONFIRMED IT WAS A PRIVATE EVENT, BUT ARE STILL LOOKING INTO THE EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHAT WAS GOING ON INSIDE. TO RECAP, ALL VICTIMS ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER. FOR NOW, WE’RE LIVE HERE IN JAMAICA, QUEENS. DIANA, BACK TO YOU.