LI CRIME BRIEFS

ELMONT / Cops: Men shoot at woman, striking her stomach

A woman was shot in the stomach after she screamed from the window of her Elmont home for a group of men to stop damaging a car parked in her driveway, Nassau County police said Monday.

The men, about 10 to 12 wearing hoodies, gathered on the front lawn of the woman's home late Sunday at about 11:34 p.m., Fifth Squad detectives said.

The men were looking for the owner of the car in the driveway, the victim's boyfriend, police said. When the men began smashing out the window and hitting the car, the woman screamed from the window for the men to stop.

Then, police said, the men fired five gunshots into the home, striking the woman in the stomach.

She is in stable condition at a nearby hospital, police said.

After firing the shots, the men ran north on Sussex Road to three waiting cars -- a white car with a black hood, a silver car and a blue and green car, police said.

The cars then drove away east on Hempstead Turnpike.

-- GARY DYMSKI

BAY SHORE / Cops probe stabbing at deli; man faces injuries

Police Monday were investigating the stabbing of a man at a Bay Shore deli late Sunday night.

The man was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore after being stabbed about 11:20 p.m. at the El Chiquito Deli, 1583 5th Ave., a Suffolk County police spokesman said.

The spokesman could not provide more information on the man's injuries, but said they did not appear to be life-threatening.

-- GARY DYMSKI

FARMINGVILLE / Firefighters battle house fire on Lidge Drive

Firefighters Monday morning battled a house fire on Lidge Drive in Farmingville, Suffolk County police and fire officials said.

The residents were able to get out of the house before firefighters arrived about 2:30 a.m. to put out the blaze, police said.

Neither police nor fire officials could provide details about damage to the home.

-- GARY DYMSKI