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[UPDATE] Police Search For Gunman In Far Rockaway Double Shooting
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Miranda Katz
Published Jan 27, 2016
Modified Jan 27, 2016
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[UPDATE BELOW] Two women were shot earlier today in Far Rockaway, and one died from her injuries, police said. The shooter is still at large.
Officers responded to a 911 call at around 11 a.m. to 333 Beach 32nd Street, where they found a 51-year-old woman in the lobby with a gunshot wound to the hand and a 36-year-old woman in an apartment with a gunshot wound to her torso. The former was transported to St. John's University Hospital, and the latter was pronounced dead at the scene.
The shooting may have been the result of a domestic dispute, sources told NBC 4 New York, which is also reporting that the gunman is thought to have been the 36-year-old woman's boyfriend.
According to the Daily News, witnesses at the scene said that the 51-year-old woman also lives in the building, and that she and her son were arguing with the 29-year-old gunman before he shot her in the wrist.
"Somebody killed my daughter," the tabloid quoted a woman at the scene shouting. "Why? Why did he kill my baby?"
Police have not yet identified the deceased victim. Officers are still searching for the gunman.
UPDATE: Police have identified the shooter as 29-year-old Tyquan Long. They're asking anyone with information to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.
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