Police: Unknown Man Shoots 5 Teens At Brooklyn Playground
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)-- Police are searching for a gunman who they say shot and injured five teenagers at a Brooklyn playground.
It happened just before 5 p.m. at Harry Maze Playground in East Flatbush.
Police say the male victims, ages 15 to 18, were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say the teens were at the playground in East Flatbush when an unknown person approached them and started shooting.
Two of the teens were struck in the hand, one was struck in the leg and another in the cheek.
Police say a fifth teen suffered a gunshot wound on the side of his stomach.
"I heard like six to seven shots – loud shots – when I heard the screaming. So I ran, I walk up to the window, and I saw the kids running in one direction and some was climbing over the fence. And then when I look across I saw somebody laying on the ground," a woman said.
"I never witnessed anything like that before, so it was kind of surprising to me," a man added.
There had been no arrests late Monday.
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