The two teenagers shot close to the Lengthy Island dwelling of GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin had been at a recording studio on a reservation in Suffolk County that's recognized for gang exercise, a regulation enforcement official informed The Publish.
Joel Murphy and Elijah Robinson, each 17-year-olds from Mastic, suffered gunshot wounds to the chest within the capturing in Shirley, the supply stated Monday.
Murphy additionally suffered a lacerated liver, and Robinson sustained an arm wound, the official stated.
The high-ranking regulation enforcement supply informed The Publish the teenager victims are “recognized to the division.”
Investigators are wanting into whether or not a Saturday evening feud at a Suffolk County recording studio could also be linked to Sunday’s capturing, the supply stated.
Detectives are investigating the drive-by capturing as gang-related and had been nonetheless on the lookout for the gunman or gunmen, one other regulation enforcement supply stated.
Zeldin, 46, who was not at his dwelling on the time of the capturing, informed The Publish on Sunday that his twin teenage daughters had been doing homework when the gunfire erupted.
He stated in an interview on Fox Information on Monday that 16-year-olds Mikayla and Arianna locked themselves in a rest room.
“It actually freaked them out. That is one thing the place you had two individuals who obtained shot who're primarily mendacity down about 10 ft from the place they had been doing homework,” he stated.
“One of many bullets landed about 30 ft from the place the women had been doing homework,” Zeldin continued.
“Once we had been getting again to the home, I imply, we needed to undergo crime scene tape, we’re getting suggested the place to stroll in order that we had been stepping on blood. This isn't one thing that we had been planning to return dwelling to after we left for a Columbus Day parade,” he stated.
Zeldin stated his safety cameras captured three folks on his property.
“One was mendacity down beneath our porch or was mendacity down below a bush in entrance of our porch only a couple ft away. The third one who wasn’t shot was shifting throughout the property up and down the porch,” he stated.
“It may very well be gang-related however that doesn’t make you are feeling any higher. I imply, that’s the issue with Chicago proper now. It’s a whole catastrophe,” he continued.
Sources say a bullet hit the congressman's fence.
Zeldin stated cameras captured three folks on his property.
Zeldin, who has made rising crime one in every of his prime marketing campaign points, stated one reporter requested him an “outrageous” query about politicizing the incident.
“I used to be answering her questions in entrance of crime scene tape in entrance of my very own home. And by the best way, I used to be standing exterior of my dwelling answering their questions as a result of they requested me to return exterior to talk to them,” he stated.
“So I stated, ‘OK, you’re asking for me to return out to handle what occurred and completely happy to do it,’” he stated.
“However the actuality proper now on this state is that viewers don’t really feel protected,” Zelding went on to say, including that individuals are afraid of being pushed within the subways.
Sources stated that whereas the capturing passed off two doorways down from Zeldin’s dwelling — and a bullet hit the congressman’s fence — it had “nothing to do with’’ the candidate, who's working on a tough-on-crime platform.
New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, Diana Zeldin and their daughters pose with a gaggle earlier than the Columbus Day Parade.
Zeldin, who has served the first Congressional District within the Home of Representatives since 2015, is in search of to unseat incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul on a robust anti-crime agenda.
New York congressman and Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin shakes fingers with folks in the course of the annual Columbus Day parade in New York Metropolis, U.S., October 10, 2022.
Zeldin, who has made rising crime one in every of his prime marketing campaign points, stated one reporter requested him an "outrageous" query about politicizing the incident.
One in every of the 2 17-year-old victims jumped over the congressman’s fence making an attempt to keep away from getting shot because the bullets flew, knocking over a “Zeldin for Governor” signal within the course of, in keeping with sources.
Zeldin, who has served the first Congressional District within the Home of Representatives since 2015, is in search of to unseat incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul on a robust anti-crime agenda.
Current polls have Zeldin neck-and-neck with Hochul. The Republican challenger has gained floor in current weeks by tapping into voters’ concern over crime and excessive taxes.
Hochul stated in a tweet Sunday night that she had been briefed on the capturing.
“As we await extra particulars, I’m relieved to listen to the Zeldin household is protected and grateful for regulation enforcement’s fast response,” she stated, with out responding to Zeldin’s feedback on rising crime.
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