POUGHKEEPSIE – A 17-year-old youth who was visiting Poughkeepsie from Virginia sustained a gunshot wound to his right arm when shots rang out early Wednesday morning.
City Police said were alerted around 2:25 a.m. to shots being fired in the area of Thompson and North Hamilton streets. Officers located several shell casings on the ground in front of 14 Thompson. Witnesses said they heard five or six shots and saw several people get into a gray vehicle and drive off.
A short time later a local hospital called reporting a gunshot victim was in the emergency room being treated for a non-life threatening wound to his arm.
The victim told police he was hanging out with friends on Thompson Street when the shots rang out and he was hit. He said he had no idea why he was shot or by whom. His friends could provide no information either.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call Poughkeepsie City Police at 845-451-7577.
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