POUGHKEEPSIE – A man, who
was celebrating his 41st birthday at Club Ciboney in Poughkeepsie early
Sunday morning told police he went outside in a large parking lot at Cannon
and Academy streets at around 3:50 and as he was talking to a group of
people, he heard a gunshot, felt pain and went down.
The victim of the first shooting of the year in the City of Poughkeepsie,
told police he didn’t see who shot him nor did anyone around him.
He was transported by private vehicle to Vassar Brothers Medical Center.
Police said the bullet had entered his right thigh, exited his right
inner thigh and into his left thigh coming to rest in his calf.
His wounds were not life threatening, police said.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Poughkeepsie
City Police at 845-451-7577.
