Police investigate Main Street shooting

POUGHKEEPSIE – City Police in Poughkeepsie are investigating a late-night shooting that sent one victim to the hospital on Wednesday night.

Police received reports of “shots fired” near China Express/Dollar Scoop around 11:11 p.m. on Wednesday. As officers were investigating, a victim with a gunshot wound walked into MidHudson Regional Hospital at approximately 11:28 p.m.

Sources told Mid-Hudson News that an unidentified shooter fired rounds into a group of three or four individuals and then fled the scene.

The victim is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries related to a gunshot wound to the leg.

Police are asking for anyone with information to call the tip line at 845-451-7577.

Todd Bender

Todd Bender started as a stringer before rising through the ranks to Dutchess County Bureau Chief. Bender is the senior investigative reporter for Mid Hudson News, focusing on crime and government. He is an avid angler and is likely to be organizing his collection of unused fishing lures while watching replays of council or board meetings and simultaneously complaining about the lack of time to go fishing.