<a href="/topics/Nassau_County%2C_NY">Nassau</a> County police are looking for a man who shot a teenager in the wrist Sunday night in Hempstead, according to Third Squad detectives. 
 Detectives said a 14-year-old boy was walking on Polk Avenue, north of Peninsula Boulevard, at about 8:25 p.m. when a dark-colored <a href="/topics/BMW">BMW</a> drove up behind him. 
 A man with a handgun got out on the passenger side and fired several shots at the boy, who ran away southbound on Polk Avenue. 
 The boy sustained a gunshot wound to his left wrist, police said. He was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for nonlife threatening injuries. 
 Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-8477. All calls will be kept confidential.

Nassau County police are looking for a man who shot a teenager in the wrist Sunday night in Hempstead, according to Third Squad detectives. Detectives said a 14-year-old boy was walking on Polk Avenue, north of Peninsula Boulevard, at about 8:25 p.m. when a dark-colored BMW drove up behind him. A man with a handgun got out on the passenger side and fired several shots at the boy, who ran away southbound on Polk Avenue. The boy sustained a gunshot wound to his left wrist, police said. He was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for nonlife threatening injuries. Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-8477. All calls will be kept confidential.

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