Shooting during Independence Day celebration in New York injures children
Five people, including two children, were injured in a shooting that occurred in New York during the U.S. Independence Day celebration.
The New York Post reports this, citing sources.
According to the publication, the shooting occurred around 10:35 p.m. local time in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn. At that moment, people were watching the festive fireworks. Among the injured were children aged five and seven.
As the newspaper reports, citing the police, all five wounded survived. They were taken to hospitals, where they are in stable condition.
Law enforcement agencies are clarifying the circumstances of the incident. The police have not yet disclosed other details of the incident.
During the celebration of Independence Day on the same night on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, a fire occurred. The cause of the fire was fireworks. Two fire trucks were involved in extinguishing the fire. No one was injured.
