Coney Island Shooting today: 1 killed, 4 injured at historic Brooklyn boardwalk, NYPD says

NEW YORK — One person was killed and several others injured after gunfire erupted on the boardwalk at Coney Island in New York City.

Police said the shooting happened just before midnight Saturday on the Coney Island boardwalk.

According to the NYPD, the five victims included a 42-year-old man who was shot in the back and later pronounced dead at a local hospital.

The other victims who were hospitalized were a 49-year-old woman who was shot in the leg, a 34-year-old woman who was shot in the foot, a 46-year-old man who was shot in the leg and a unidentified man also shot in the leg.

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They were all taken to a local hospital where they remained stable.

Passers-by on the promenade told sister station WABC in New York that they heard several shots.

“It was like, I don’t know, I heard about seven shots, one after the other,” said a witness. “It was very fast. I thought someone was probably having some kind of celebration. However, I did not see any fireworks. So I thought it might be gunfire, but I wish it was the fireworks.”

There are still so many questions about what led to the shooting. Were the victims the intended targets or were they shot at random?

So far there have been no arrests. The investigations are ongoing.