Police investigating shooting at Agua on the Mile in Freeport that injured 2

Nassau County police detectives are investigating a shooting incident after First Precinct officers responding to a disturbance call Saturday with Freeport police found two male victims suffering from gunshot wounds.

The incident occurred at a bar called Agua on the Mile on Woodcleft Avenue in Freeport and was reported at about 10:15 p..m., police said.

Police said that responding officers found one man lying near the entrance with a gunshot wound to the back, another inside a bathroom with a gunshot wound to his groin.

Both men were transported by Nassau police ambulance to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.

Additional details were not immediately available. Police said the investigation was ongoing.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”