POUGHKEEPSIE – City Police in Poughkeepsie are investigating a shooting
early Sunday morning in which a man was wounded in the upper right thigh.
It was his 41st birthday.
At about 3:50 a.m., police were dispatched to the vicinity of Church
and Academy streets for report of a shooting.
When they arrived at the scene, they discovered a victim with a gunshot
wound.
Large crowds started to disperse as police arrived. Investigators said
that, based on crowd, the shooting may have been gang related.
The victim was transported to Vassar Brothers Medical Center in a personal
vehicle because they didn’t want to wait for an ambulance.
Bullet casings were recovered at scene.
