Man hurt in Bay Shore shooting, official says

Police are investigating a shooting that injured a man in Bay Shore Thursday night.

Suffolk County police said that a 911 call reporting gunshots on Fourth Avenue between Roosevelt and Charles streets was received at 10 p.m. and said that the victim, identified only as an adult male, sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his leg.

An official said the man was transported via ambulance to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore. The extent of his injury was not immediately known.

Police said Third Squad detectives are investigating but could not immediately provide additional details.

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.”