Ten folks had been injured in a mass capturing within the New York Metropolis borough of Queens late on New 12 months’s Day, the New York Police Division (NYPD) stated in a information briefing early on Thursday (Jan 2).
The incident exterior a personal occasions membership late on Wednesday night left six females and 4 males injured, police stated. All had been anticipated to recuperate.
The incident occurred when three to 4 males opened fireplace towards a crowd exterior the membership, the NYPD stated. Customers took to social media expressing shock on the incident and sharing photos of police deployment on the website.
Police dominated out the potential of a terrorist assault.
The incident got here hours after two different acts of violence elsewhere in america on New 12 months’s Day.
In New Orleans, a truck plowed into a street crowded with New Year’s revelers, killing 15 folks, and in Las Vegas a Tesla truck exploded outside a Trump hotel, killing one particular person and injuring seven.
US authorities had been scrambling to trace down suspects associated to the New Orleans and Las Vegas incidents, and examine doable terrorism angles.