Lawrence, LI- A gunman walked up to a car in a Lawrence parking lot and opened fire — hitting the man behind the wheel and possibly grazing his female passenger.
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Police say the suspect opened fire at the driver, described as a man in his 40s or 50s, as he was pulling out of a parking lot of 311 Rockaway Turnpike, at Buena Vista Avenue, just after 12:30 p.m. this afternoon.
According to investigators the victim was shot in the left lower side of his body, and he was bleeding heavily, according to one witness. He apparently lost control of his car and crashed into another vehicle parked in the lot.
Eyewitness News has learned a woman in the front passenger seat, also in her 40s or 50s, may have been grazed by the gunfire. However, she was not seriously injured and was seen by witnesses talking to detectives.
Two young boys, around the ages of two and seven, were believed to be in the back seat of the car at the time of the shooting. They were not injured and were put in responding police patrol cars.
After the shooting, the gunman ran to his car, parked in the nearby Brach’s Supermarket parking lot, and sped off, according to investigators.
The shot man was rushed to a nearby hospital in unknown condition. [VIN-ABC7]
