NEWBURGH – Police continue to investigate the shooting of a17-year-old
Newburgh youth who was shot twice in the back as he walked in the area
of 207 Lake Drive in Newburgh Tuesday afternoon.
The youth is the grandson of community activist Omari Shakur of Newburgh.
He revealed that information to MidHudsonNews.com in an email.
Shakur said the youth was in the St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital intensive
care unit. Police said he was being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
He was transported there by a relative.
Shortly after the 3:45 p.m. incident, investigators reported that a black
SUV had pulled up to the victim on the street. Four men got out, one armed
with a gun and another with a baseball bat. After the assault, the fled
in the vehicle.
Mayor Judy Kennedy Wednesday called the violence in the city “insanity,”
which she said must stop.
The city council will conduct a second meeting on violence in Newburgh
at the Boys and Girls Club tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 7 p.m.
