NEW YORK (AP) — New York congressman and Republican candidate for governor Lee Zeldin says his household is protected after two strangers have been shot exterior his Lengthy Island house on Sunday.
Zeldin stated in a press release that he doesn’t know the identities of the 2 individuals who have been shot however that they have been discovered beneath his porch and within the bushes in entrance of his house in Shirley, New York. The congressman and his spouse weren’t at house on the time of the capturing however their teenage daughters have been within the house and heard gunshots and screaming, he stated within the assertion launched by his workplace.
Zeldin stated his 16-year-old daughters locked themselves in a toilet and known as 911. The household is shaken however OK, he stated. Zeldin and his spouse have been coming back from a parade within the Bronx when the capturing occurred.
He stated cops have been at his house investigating Sunday night and have been trying over the house’s safety cameras. The 2 individuals who have been shot have been taken to native hospitals, he stated.
Zeldin deliberate to carry a information convention exterior his house Sunday night time to handle the capturing.
The Suffolk County Police Division issued a quick assertion saying it was investigating the capturing, which appeared to don’t have any connection to Zeldin’s household. Police had no info to launch about who fired the photographs or who first discovered the 2 folks shot, a spokeswoman stated.
Zeldin, who’s operating in opposition to Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, has made rising crime charges and violent crime a spotlight of his marketing campaign. He has known as for the state’s bail legal guidelines to be toughened, amongst different measures.
“Like so many New Yorkers, crime has actually made its strategy to our entrance door,” Zeldin stated Sunday.
He stated later in a publish on Twitter that his daughters have been on the kitchen desk when the capturing occurred and that one of many bullets was discovered 30 toes away from them.
It’s the second scare he’s had in a number of months. In July, he was assaulted whereas campaigning in upstate New York when a person approached him onstage and thrust a pointy object close to his head and neck. He was unhurt and the person was arrested.
Hochul stated in a press release posted on Twitter 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 legislation enforcement’s fast response,” the governor stated.