TOWN OF WALLKILL – The man who fired one round into the floor of
the second story of the Galleria at Crystal Run shopping center in the
Town of Wallkill on Sunday afternoon was accompanied by a woman and two
small children, Wallkill Police Chief Robert Hertman revealed late Monday
afternoon.
The man fired one round from a handgun into the floor with a 49-year-old
woman and her 12-year-old son, both from Goshen, sustaining minor lacerations
to their legs from either bullet fragments or floor tile fragments, Hertman
said. They were treated and released from Orange Regional Medical Center.
The chief is asking for the public to step forward if they have any cell
phone photos or video from the incident and call them at 845-692-6757
day or night. Hertman said the police are reviewing store surveillance
from several businesses in an attempt to identify the participants.
The shooter was described as being while or Hispanic, about six-feet,
two-inches tall, with dark hair, a beard and mustache. He was wearing
a dark jacket and khaki pants. The woman with him, identified as a person
of interest, was described as white or Hispanic, about five-feet, four-inches
tall, with blonde hair. She was wearing a dark jacket and maroon pants.
Accompanying them were two small children, believed to be an infant and
a toddler, about three-years-old.
They are not ruling any motive and they are reviewing ballistic evidence
from the scene, he said.
Orange County Sheriff Carl DuBois called on people not to post speculative
comments on social media as he said they can harm an investigation and
cause panic among the population.
