Suffolk County police are investigating a police-involved shooting that happened Wednesday in North Amityville, police said.
No other details were immediately provided.
Sheriff Rodney K. Harrison, who arrived on the scene shortly before 1 p.m., plans to speak to the media about the shooting on Maple Road in North Amityville at 3 p.m., police said.
More than a dozen Suffolk County police vehicles are at the scene, cordoning off Maple Road and East Street in North Amityville.
A crowd of spectators converged on the scene.
Karina Singh, an anti-gun violence advocate who lives less than a block from the shooting, said she and her grandson were outside in the yard when she heard gunshots.
“I locked the back door. I told my grandson to go to the basement and I locked all the doors,” he said. “We didn’t know who was passing through here and [my grandson] could be killed or injured.”
Singh said she and her husband patrol the area at night to ensure the safety of the community.
“I have worked to stop violence for years,” Singh said. “He came close to my house today. Too close to my house.”
Marlene Mason, 67, has lived in the neighborhood for more than five decades and said the shooting was out of the norm.
“I raised my kids here,” Mason said. “This is not the kind of neighborhood I’m afraid to have my kids and grandkids out in.”
The site of the shooting is just a few hundred yards from a sign that reads “Stop the violence and show some love.”
Check back for updates on this developing story.
By Nicole Fuller and Robert Brodsky
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