At least eight people have been shot, including four children, in Coney Island on Saturday night, ABC News reported, citing the New York Police Department.
All eight have been transported to the hospital by EMS to receive further medical treatment.
Seven of the victims are listed as stable, including a 37-year-old man, a 33-year-old man, a 25-year-old woman, a 14-year-old boy, a 12-year-old boy, a 7-year-old boy, and a 6-year-old boy, NYPD told ABC.
The eighth, a 21-year-old woman, is in critical condition.
According to police, the shooting occured during a Fourth of July fireworks celebration in Brooklyn at around 10:35 p.m.
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Police said they recovered a firearm at the scene but have not made any arrests, according to ABC.
“When I [looked] in the [security] camera I [saw] the cops running with the kids in their hands,” a deli worker near the scene shared with the New York Post. “When I went out, I saw one kid was going into the ambulance, and I was told there were four inside.”