The shooting that occurred on Wednesday night in the New York neighborhood of Queens, near a nightclub and in which at least 10 people were injured, “was not a terrorist attack,” reported the New York Police Department (NYPD). .
The incident occurred outside the Amazura nightclub in the Jamaica area of Queens on New Year’s Day.hours after the terrorist attack occurred on the streets of New Orleans and the explosion of a Cybertruck near the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas that killed one person.
Police officers received multiple 911 calls around 11:18 p.m. local time Wednesday about “several people” shot and wounded at a private event.
Police said about 90 people were inside the club where a party was taking place. Between three and four men walked towards the location and opened fire more than 30 times in the direction of a group of people who were lining up outside the event, hitting several vehicles, Fox News reported. The alleged perpetrators of the events later fled in a vehicle.
The victims, six women and four men, were taken to area hospitals. None of the victims are in critical condition. Sources familiar with the investigation said When the facts became known that at the time of the shooting a private party was being held inside the club, according to local media AMNY.
Apparently, the event was in honor of a well-known gang member in the community murdered last October, whose birthday coincided with New Year’s Day.
According to police sources, when about 80 or 90 people gathered in front of the Amazura waiting to enter on Wednesday night, two or three men who were walking down the street approached and began shooting indiscriminately at the crowd, adds this New York media.
