KINGSTON – Residents in the City of Kingston expressed concern why there was no public notification or alert issued regarding the shooting of a 17-year-old boy at 82 Spring Street Wednesday afternoon.
“Without revealing intimate details specific to the investigation, which is ongoing, we would like to state that there was no immediate danger to the student/faculty population, in attendance or walking home from any of the schools in the area,” said Lt. JC Tremper. “No notifications were made to schools.”
He said had the police made those contact without reason, “the results could have been undesirable, whether it be unnecessarily upsetting children or parents, or inadvertently inviting curious citizens to the crime scene.”
The victim was hospitalized for a gunshot wound to the upper torso.
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