At least 10 people have been injured in a mass shooting that occurred last night near a nightclub in the New York borough of Queens, sources from the New York Police Department reported.
The shooting began near the ‘Amazura’ nightclub shortly before 11:20 p.m. (local time), according to the police and other sources consulted by the newspaper The New York Post.
The victims were taken to area hospitals, including Long Island Jewish Hospital and Cohen Children’s Medical Center, according to sources.
None of the victims is in critical condition and all are expected to survive, according to the New York Police Department, which has not specified the causes that led to the event.
Sources familiar with the investigation said that At the time of the shooting, a private party was being held inside the club.according to local media AMNYwhich refers Efe.
Apparently, the event was in honor of a well-known gang member in the community murdered last October, whose birthday coincided with New Year’s Day.
According to police sources, when about 80 people gathered in front of the Amazura waiting to enter on Wednesday night, two or three men who were walking down the street approached and began shooting indiscriminately at the crowd, adds the New York media.
Terrorism is ruled out
The shooting “was not a terrorist attack,” the New York Police Department (NYPD) reported. The incident occurred outside the ‘Amazura’ nightclub in the area known as Jamaica, in Queens, on New Year’s Day, hours after the terrorist attack occurred on the streets of New Orleans and the explosion of a Cybertruck nearby. from the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas that killed one person.
Police officers received multiple 911 calls around 11:18 p.m. local time Wednesday about “several people” shot and wounded at a private event. The police said that around 90 people were inside the club where a party was being held.
Entre tres y cuatro hombres caminaron hacia el lugar y abrieron fuego más de 30 veces en dirección a un grupo de personas que estaba haciendo fila fuera del evento, alcanzando varios vehículos, informó la cadena Fox News.
Los presuntos autores de los hechos huyeron posteriormente en un vehículo.
Las víctimas, seis mujeres y cuatro hombres, fueron trasladadas a hospitales de la zona.
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