Three people were shot outside a high school football game in New York Friday night, police said.
Shots rang out at Newburgh Free Academy in Orange County around 9:30 p.m., according to police. As the team was playing Warwick High School, three people were shot on the grounds of the school, but were outside the security perimeter set up for the game.
Police who were already on security detail at the time responded to the gunfire, and discovered the three victims. The police chief said that all three suffered injuries that were not considered to be life-threatening.
The three victims, ages 19, 21 and 43, were all shot below the waist, police said Saturday. They were each transported to St. Luke's Hospital and expected to be OK.
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“We’re poring through video evidence, cellphone footage, eyewitness accounts and obviously the victims who are at the hospital so there is a lot of information coming in,” Newburgh Police Chief Anthony Geraci said at the scene.
Investigators believe the shooting targeted certain individuals, but it was unclear whether any of the victims were among the intended targets, Geraci said.
The Newburgh Enlarged City School District, on its website, asked anyone with information to call police.
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“The violence in our community will not end unless we each take a stand against it,” it said.
Anyone with information regarding the shooting is urged to contact the Newburgh police at (845)-569-7509. All calls can remain anonymous.
