NEWBURGH – City Police in Newburgh continue to investigate a shooting
on Tuesday afternoon in which a 28-year-old Beacon man was wounded three
times.
Beacon Police Chief Douglas Solomon said they are investigating to determine
of the Newburgh shooting was connected to the homicide in that city on
Monday night.
The incident at 2:15 p.m. occurred in the area of Grand and Catherine
streets, although the victim, Joel Ladson, was located near South and
Montgomery streets after he ran from the scene.
He was treated at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital’s Newburgh
campus. His wounds were not life threatening, police said.
At the time of the incident, police issued a radio call for three men
in an SUV believed to have been involved in the incident.
Police ask anyone with information about the shooting to call them at
845-561-3131.
