Suffolk police stepping up patrols after North Bay Shore shooting
Suffolk County police investigating shots fired into two homes on Cedar Drive in North Bay Shore Wednesday. Credit: Stringer News
Suffolk County police announced that they have increased patrols by marked and unmarked units in response to a shooting in North Bay Shore on Wednesday.
Police said two homes were struck by gunfire and one man, a resident in one of those homes, was grazed by a bullet in the shooting, which took place on Cedar Drive just after 3 a.m.
No possible motive for the shooting has been detailed and police have not said if it was random or targeted.
Police also have not detailed how many shots were fired.
The homes are not far from the Southern State Parkway and police have not said if investigators were able to retrieve any relevant evidence from nearby surveillance cameras.
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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