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Gunshots Fired At Popular Suffolk County Park Forces Lockdowns Gunshots Fired At Popular Suffolk County Park Forces Lockdowns
Gunshots Fired At Popular Suffolk County Park Forces Lockdowns A shooting in a Long Island park sent area schools and town hall into lockdown. The incident took place around 9:30 a.m., Monday, Nov. 1, at Heckscher Park in Huntington. Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating said during the incident, shots were fired into a golf cart at the park by a passing vehicle. No one was injured and the vehicle fled the scene. Minutes after the shooting area schools and the Huntington Town Hall, the Village Green, and the senior center on Park Avenue, went into lockdown. School District Superintendent Jim Polansky said in a recorded mess…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Long Island Man Accused Of Making Terroristic Threats To School Officials Long Island Man Accused Of Making Terroristic Threats To School Officials
Long Island Man Accused Of Making Terroristic Threats To School Officials A Nassau County man has been arrested for allegedly making a terroristic threat toward a school official on Long Island. According to detectives, Goran Preda, age 42, of Williston Park, contacted Meadow Drive School officials in Albertson by phone on Thursday, April 8, and expressed his desire to conduct a violent act toward them, Nassau County Police said. School officials immediately placed the school on lockdown and contacted 911. A thorough investigation was conducted and Preda was arrested without incident. He was charged with making a terroristic threat and will be arraigned on Frid…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Arrested After Shooting At Long Island High School, Police Say Man Arrested After Shooting At Long Island High School, Police Say
Man Arrested After Shooting At Long Island High School, Police Say Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Man Arrested After Shooting At High School In Nassau County  An unidentified man is under arrest after allegedly firing three shots into the ground at Roosevelt High School when he became upset over a landscaping issue, Nassau County Police said. The incident took place around 9 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 27, at the school at 1 Wagner Ave., when the man had words with the landscapers and then fired the shots into the ground, police said. Roosevelt High SchoolGoogle Maps street view The high school and Roosevelt Middle School were immediatel…

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by Kathy Reakes