Gunfire in Riverhead damages vehicles, buildings, police say
Shots fired at a Riverhead apartment complex Wednesday evening have police searching for suspects — and asking anyone with information about the incident to contact them.
Riverhead Town police said the incident at the River Pointe apartment complex on East Main Street was reported in “numerous” 911 calls at 7:27 p.m.
Responding officers found two vehicles parked in front of one building had been damaged by an apparent “exchange of gunfire,” police said. Detectives recovered spent shell casings and bullet fragments, police said.
Police said no one was injured, but said two buildings — the F building and G building at the complex — were also damaged.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 631-727-4500.
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.”
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