CRIME BRIEFS

BELLPORT

Pair shot in woods during dispute

Two people, one a teenager, were shot and wounded during a dispute between two groups of males in a wooded area of Bellport late Tuesday, Suffolk County police said Wednesday.

The two victims -- one 17, the other 20 -- were taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Police have not released the identities of either victim.

The incident occurred at about 11:40 p.m. near Agamemnon and Patchogue avenues. Police said detectives are investigating possible gang involvement, but said no arrests have been made. The investigation is continuing.

COPIAGUE

Man shot during attempted robbery

A 30-year-old man was shot during an early-morning robbery yesterday on a street in Copiague, Suffolk County police said.

Geremias Hernandez of Leonard Place was walking home from a friend's house when a man with a handgun approached him and demanded money at 3:34 a.m., police said.

Hernandez resisted the attempt, police said, but then was struck in the head and, as he tried to flee, was shot once in the buttocks.

Hernandez was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, where he was in stable condition.

The incident occurred on Simmons Street, police said.

Police said an investigation revealed that the bullet that struck Hernandez also passed through the wall of a home on Simmons Street after exiting his body. No one inside the house was injured, police said.