Ten folks had been injured in a mass taking pictures within the New York Metropolis borough of Queens late on New 12 months’s Day, the New York Police Division (NYPD) mentioned in a information briefing early on Thursday (Jan 2).
The incident exterior a non-public occasions membership late on Wednesday night left six females and 4 males injured, police mentioned. All had been anticipated to get better.
The incident occurred when three to 4 males opened fireplace towards a crowd exterior the membership, the NYPD mentioned. 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 individual and injuring seven.
US authorities had been scrambling to trace down suspects associated to the New Orleans and Las Vegas incidents, and examine potential terrorism angles.
