Police investigate shooting in Mastic

Police are investigating a Sunday night shooting in Mastic that left one man hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

The shooting occurred on Poospatuck Lane at about 9:20 p.m., Suffolk County police said.

Police said the victim, whose identity was not released, was transported to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue. His condition was not immediately known on Monday.

There have been no arrests, police said.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

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.”