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Five people were wounded in an overnight shooting on Coney Island in Brooklyn, the New York Police Department said Sunday.
Gunfire broke out around 2 a.m. ET near Riegelmann Boardwalk and West 21st Street, where a large group of people had gathered for a pop-up party on the beach, police said.
The investigation is ongoing, police said. No arrests have been made.
The initial 911 call indicated a man was hit by gunfire, according to the NYPD. First responders arriving at the scene found two women, a 27-year-old and a 26-year-old, who had each been hit in the leg.
A 36-year-old man was shot in the chin, police said. All three victims were transported to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn and are in stable condition, police said.
Two other gunshot victims made it to nearby NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island by private means, police said.
One of them, a 31-year-old man, was shot in the back and was in critical but stable condition. The other, a 19-year-old man, was in stable condition with a gunshot wound to his leg, police said.
The shooting occurred near the Coney Island Amphitheater, just a few blocks from some of the biggest attractions along the famous beach boardwalk, including Nathan’s Famous hot dog stand and the Cyclone Roller Coaster.
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