Cops: Two stabbed, shots fired in Central Islip dispute
Suffolk County police are investigating after two people were stabbed and shots were fired during a dispute in Central Islip on Saturday.
Police said a group was gathered on Clift Street when there was an altercation around 12:50 p.m., which led to a man and woman being stabbed. Shots also were fired, but no one was hit. It's unclear what sparked the altercation.
The victims were transported to a local hospital and treated for "non-life-threatening" injuries, police said.
Brinley Hineman covers the Town of Hempstead and the City of Long Beach for Newsday. She previously was a reporter in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a West Virginia native.
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