Shooting injures three in Bay Shore

A barrage of gunfire outside a Suffolk home left three people wounded late Thursday, one seriously, police said.

Detectives said they had no motive for the shooting on Delaware Avenue in Bay Shore at about 10:30 p.m., where at least 11 shots were fired at a group of men hanging out on a driveway and stoop, Suffolk police said. None of the injuries was life-threatening, although one man required surgery for an abdomen wound.

Police said about 10 relatives and friends were sitting and talking when two people began shooting from next to a neighboring house, sending the group scattering. More shots were fired as the pair advanced before they fled on foot.

A 17-year-old was shot in the left leg while a 20-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to his stomach. A 25-year-old was grazed in the neck.

At the home Friday, a group of men identified themselves as among the intended targets but said they saw little of their attackers. The 17-year-old, still wearing a hospital wrist band, said the two other victims were his cousins and were expected to recover; he declined to elaborate.

"Shots rang off, everybody ran, that's it," another man said.

The victims were brought to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, police said. The 20-year-old was to undergo surgery Friday for what police described as an in-and-out wound to the stomach. He was also shot in the leg. The 25-year-old was expected to be released Friday.

"As far as motive, we have no hard information," said Det. Lt. Matthew Sullivan of the Third Squad. No arrests have been made.

With John Valenti