NEWBURGH — City police are investigating after a 12-year-old resident was shot in the hand Saturday night near Commercial Place.
Officers responded to the area around 2 Commercial Place at approximately 9:40 p.m. after receiving a ShotSpotter alert followed by multiple calls, including a report of a shooting victim.
At the scene, police found the juvenile with a gunshot wound to the hand.
The victim was transported to Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital by Empress Emergency Medical Services with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police believe numerous people were in and around the area when the shooting occurred.
The suspect remains at large as of Sunday.
The City of Newburgh Detective Division and the Non-Fatal Shooting Task Force are investigating the incident.
The task force is a collaboration between the City of Newburgh Detective Division, Orange County District Attorney’s Office Investigators, and the Hudson Valley Crime Analysis Center.
Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Sergeant K. Jodice at 845-569-7520.
