Suffolk police: Victim in North Amityville shooting hospitalized

Detectives are investigating an early morning shooting Tuesday in North Amityville that police said left the victim hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

Suffolk County police said the shooting took place outside a home on North Grand Lane at about 1 a.m.

The victim, identified only as a male, was struck in the buttocks, police said.

The victim told police he was seated on his porch outside the home when someone approached — and began firing bullets at him. Police said several shots were fired.

It was not clear if the victim was targeted.

Additional details were not immediately available.

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.”