Police probe East Hampton shooting
East Hampton Town Police are investigating a late Thursday incident in Springs in which a man with a gunshot wound was taken by a private vehicle to Southampton Hospital.
Frederic Stephens Jr., 20, of East Hampton, had a gunshot wound to his right arm and underwent surgery at Stony Brook University Medical Center, police said Friday.
Police in a news release Friday did not provide details on the shooting or Stephens' condition.
A police spokeswoman said that details of the shooting are not being released.
Police responded to a call at about 8:30 p.m. to a home on Fireplace Road, according to the release.
Stephens was taken first to Southampton Hospital and then transferred to Stony Brook, police said.
The investigation is continuing, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call the detective division at 631-537-6989.
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