Five shot outside Bay Shore bar
La Hamaca was the scene of a shooting in Bay Shore early Saturday morning. (Sept. 11, 2010) Credit: Ed Betz
Suffolk police are investigating a Bay Shore shooting that left five people injured outside a bar early yesterday morning.
A group of men was arguing inside the bar, La Hamaca on Bay Shore Road, about 2 a.m., while exiting into the parking lot, police said. Two of the men began firing handguns, and several rounds struck people standing outside the bar, police said.
A 27-year-old man had a calf wound and a 19-year-old man had a thigh wound, police said. Both were treated and released from Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip.
Three women - ages 19, 21 and 24 - were also struck in the legs and were treated and released from Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, police said.
Police asked anyone with information to call the Third Squad at 631-854-8352 or Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS. Calls will be confidential, police said.
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